Table 5 Ticks collected from different Corsican wild ungulates
Host (No. of infested animals) | Tick species | No. of specimens | % |
|---|---|---|---|
Wild boars (56) | Dermacentor marginatus | 262 | 88.2 |
Rhipicephalus sanguineus (s.l.) | 20 | 6.7 | |
Hyalomma marginatum | 8 | 2.7 | |
Rhipicephalus bursa | 6 | 2.0 | |
Ixodes ricinus | 1 | 0.4 | |
Total | 297 | 100 | |
Mouflons (24) | Rhipicephalus bursa | 127 | 90.7 |
Haemaphysalis punctata | 7 | 5.0 | |
Haemaphysalis sulcata | 4 | 2.9 | |
Rhipicephalus sanguineus (s.l.) | 1 | 0.7 | |
Dermacentor marginatus | 1 | 0.7 | |
Total | 140 | 100 | |
Deer (1) | Ixodes ricinus | 14 | 100 |