Table 1 A list of ixodid tick species reported in the Western Balkan countries

Albania

I. ricinus, Hae. inermis, Hae. punctata, Hae. sulcata, D. marginatus, Rh. bursa, Rh. sanguineus, Rh. turanicus, Rh. annulatus, Hy. marginatum, Hy. scupense, Hy. excavatum

[3, 17, 32, 190,191,192]

Bosnia and Herzegovina

I. ricinus, I. hexagonus, I. canisuga, I. vespertilionis, Hae. inermis, Hae. punctata, Hae. sulcata, Hae. concinna, D. marginatus, D. reticulatus, D. silvarum, Rh. bursa, Rh. sanguineus, Rh. annulatus, Hy. marginatum, Hy. rufipes, Hy. aegyptium, Hy. scupense, Hy. excavatum

[3, 13, 14, 16, 34,35,36, 144, 193,194,195,196,197,198,199,200,201,202,203,204,205,206]

Croatia

I. ricinus, I. hexagonus, I. canisuga, I. vespertilionis, I. kaiseri, I. frontalis, I. arboricola, I. gibbosus, I. trianguliceps, Hae. inermis, Hae. punctata, Hae. sulcata, Hae. concinna, Hae. parva, Hae. erinacei, D. marginatus, D. reticulatus, D. silvarum, Rh. bursa, Rh. sanguineus, Rh. turanicus, Rh. annulatus, Hy. marginatum, Hy. scupense, Hy. dromedarii

[3, 14, 146, 207,208,209,210,211,212,213,214,215]

Montenegro

I. ricinus, I. simplex, I. vespertilionis, Hae. inermis, Hae. punctata, Hae. sulcata, D. marginatus, D. reticulatus, D. silvarum, Rh. bursa, Rh. sanguineus, Rh. annulatus, Hy. marginatum, Hy. rufipes, Hy. scupense, Hy. dromedarii

[3, 16, 34, 116]

North Macedonia

I. ricinus, I. simplex, Hae. punctata, Hae. sulcata, Hae. inermis, D. marginatus, D. reticulatus, D. silvarum, Rh. bursa, Rh. sanguineus, Rh. annulatus, Hy. marginatum, Hy. rufipes, Hy. Scupense, Hy. excavatum

[3, 123,124,125,126,127, 130, 145]

Serbia

I. ricinus, I. hexagonus, I. canisuga, I. vespertilionis, I. kaiseri, I. simplex, I. laguri, I persulcatus, Hae. inermis, Hae. punctata, Hae. sulcata, Hae. concinna, Hae. leporispalustris, D. marginatus, D. reticulatus, D. silvarum, Rh. bursa, Rh. sanguineus, Rh. annulatus, Hy. marginatum, Hy. rufipes, Hy. scupense, Hy. excavatum, Hy. dromedarii

[3, 137,138,139,140,141,142,143,144,145, 216]