First record of the tick Ixodes (Pholeoixodes) kaiseri in Turkey

ORKUN Ö., Karaer Z.

EXPERIMENTAL AND APPLIED ACAROLOGY, cilt.74, sa.2, ss.201-205, 2018 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 74 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2018
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1007/s10493-018-0219-1
  • Dergi Adı: EXPERIMENTAL AND APPLIED ACAROLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.201-205
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Ixodes kaiseri, Ticks, Red fox, 16S rDNA, Molecular phylogeny, Turkey, IXODOIDEA, IXODIDAE
  • Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Nymphs and larvae belonging to Ixodes spp. were collected from a red fox in Turkey. The ticks were identified morphologically and molecularly (16S rDNA PCR and phylogenetic analysis) as I. kaiseri. Sequence and phylogenetic analyses show that our I. kaiseri isolate is very similar to I. kaiseri isolates collected from Germany, Serbia, Romania, and Hungary. Therefore, the existence of I. kaiseri has been demonstrated for the first time in Turkey. More studies relating to the regional distribution and vectorial competence of I. kaiseri are needed.