Table 2 Tick species of Belgium

Established in the wild

Ixodes ricinus

1223 (88758)

2011

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Ixodes hexagonus

201(1333)

1987

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Dermacentor reticulatus

102 (861)

2012

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Ixodes frontalis

16 (102)

2011

Yes

Yes

Yes

Ixodes arboricola

15(2980)

2011

Yes

Yes

Yes

Ixodes lividus

5 (30)

1989

Yes

Yes

Yes

Ixodes canisuga

2 (3)

1945

Yes

Yes

Yes

Ixodes trianguliceps

9 (10)

1987

Yes

Yes

Yes

Ixodes acuminatus

1 (1)

1987

Yes

Argas reflexus

8 (18)

2012

Yes

Yes

Yes

Argas vespertilionis

4 (14)

1942

Yes

Yes

Yes

Ixodes vespertilionis

15 (47)

1969

Yes

Yes

Yes

Established in houses and recurrently imported on host

Rhipicephalus sanguineus

19 (104)

1982

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Not established but recurrently imported on host

Hyalomma aegyptium

4 (26)

(1965)

Yes

Yes

Potentially present but never found in Belgium

Ixodes unicavatus

Potential

Never

Yes

Yes

Maybe

No

Ixodes uriae

Potential

Never

Yes

Yes

Yes

Ixodes ventalloi

Potential

Never

Yes

Yes

Ixodes apronophorus

Potential

Never

Yes

Yes (UK)

Yes

Ixodes rugicollis

Potential

Never

Yes

Ixodes simplex

Potential

Never

Yes

Dermacentor marginatus

Potential

(1973)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Haemaphysalis punctata

Potential

Never

Yes

Yes (UK)

Yes

Yes

Haemaphysalis concinna

Potential

Never

Yes

Yes

Yes

Haemaphysalis inermis

Potential

Never

Yes

Yes