A survey of ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) of companion animals in Australia

Parasites & Vectors

Table 1 Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) previously recorded on dogs (Canis lupus familiaris), cats (Felis catus), and horses (Equus ferus caballus) in Australia

	Host species
Tick species	Canis lupus familiaris	Felis catus	Equus ferus caballus	References
Amblyomma moreliae	✗	✗	✓	[46]
Amblyomma triguttatum ornatissimum	✗	✗	✓	[47]
Amblyomma triguttatum queenslandense	✓	✗	✗	[47]
Amblyomma triguttatum triguttatum	✓	✓	✓	[47–49]
Bothriocroton auruginans	✓	✗	✗	[46]
Bothriocroton fimbriatum	✗	✗	✓	[46]
Bothriocroton hydrosauri	✗	✗	✓^a	[14]
Haemaphysalis bancrofti	✓	✓	✓	[50, 51]
Haemaphysalis bremneri	✗	✗	✓	[50]
Haemaphysalis longicornis ^b	✓	✓	✓	[14]
Haemaphysalis novaeguineae	✗	✗	✓	[50]
Ixodes australiensis	✓	✗	✗	[52]
Ixodes cornuatus	✓	✓	✗	[52]
Ixodes fecialis	✗	✓	✗	[52]
Ixodes hirsti	✗	✓	✗	[52]
Ixodes holocyclus	✓	✓	✓	[52]
Ixodes myrmecobii	✓	✗	✓	[14]
Ixodes tasmani	✓	✓	✓	[52, 53]
Rhipicephalus australis ^b	✓	✓	✓	[45, 54]
Rhipicephalus sanguineus ^b	✓	✓	✗	[54]

ISSN: 1756-3305