Table 1 Specimens of Ixodes spp. used in molecular studies, and their sources and collection sites

I. auritulus

S63

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Collected via flagging

A. Guglielmone

1

S64

Rocha, Uruguay

Collected via flagging

A. Guglielmone

2

I. anatis

S28

Auckland Zoo, New Zealand

Apteryx mantelli

A. Heath

3

S29

Ponui Island, New Zealand

Apteryx mantelli

A. Heath

4

I. holocyclus

S1

Kioloa, NSW, Australia

Collected via flagging

This study

5

S4

Kioloa, NSW, Australia

Collected via flagging

This study

6

S37

Waygara, Vic, Australia

Canis lupus familiaris

This study

7

S17

Wandecla NP, QLD, Australia

Canis lupus familiaris

This study

8

S39

Atherton, QLD, Australia

Canis lupus familiaris

This study

9

I. myrmecobii

S26

Cape Le Grand NP, WA, Australia

Unknown

WAM

10

S46

Munglinup, WA, Australia

Homo sapiens

WAM

11

S56

Quaalup Station, WA, Australia

Unknown

WAM

12

S44

Cranbrook, WA, Australia

Homo sapiens

WAM

13

S25

Stirling Ranges NP, WA, Australia

Unknown

WAM

14

S42

Stirling Ranges NP, WA, Australia

Unknown

WAM

15

I. cornuatus

S19

Mt William NP, Tas, Australia

Vombatus ursinus

ANIC

16

S20

Acton Park, Tas, Australia

Unknown

This study

17

S18

Bullengarook, Vic, Australia

Canis lupus familiaris

ANIC

18

S41

Kinglake, Vic, Australia

Canis lupus familiaris

This study

19

I. dendrolagi

S14

Gondom, Papua New Guinea

Dendrolagus matschiei

This study

20

I. trichosuri

S23

Bellbird Creek, Vic, Australia

Trichosurus caninus

ANIC

21

S21

Nowa Nowa, Vic, Australia

Unknown

ANIC

22

I. hirsti

S10

Anglesea, Vic, Australia

Macropus giganteus

This study

23

S12

Mansfield, Vic, Australia

Felis catus

ANIC

24

S9

Anglesea, Vic, Australia

Macropus giganteus

This study

25

I. tasmani

S68

Kinglake, Vic, Australia

Unknown

This study

26

S69

Bullengarook, Vic, Australia

Unknown

This study

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