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Table 2 Haplotypes of 16S rRNA gene sequences according to the country of origin

From: Contributions to the phylogeny of Ixodes (Pholeoixodes) canisuga, I. (Ph.) kaiseri, I. (Ph.) hexagonus and a simple pictorial key for the identification of their females

Continental region

Country

Ixodes species (no. of samples analysed)

16S rRNA haplotypesa marked with Roman numerals (number if >1)

GenBank accession nos.

Western Europe

UK

I. canisuga (2)

II (2)

KY962071

France

I. canisuga (3)

I (2), II

KY962075, KY962074

Central Europe

Germany

I. kaiseri (2)

IV (2)

KY962067

I. canisuga (2)

I, II

KY962068, KY962069

I. hexagonus (1)

VII

KY962070

Austria

I. hexagonus (2)

VII

KY962058

Hungary

I. kaiseri (3)

IV, V (2)

KY962052, KY962054

I. canisuga (2)

I (2)

KY962053

South-eastern Europe

Croatia

I. hexagonus (4)

VI (3), VII

KY962076, KY962077

I. canisuga (3)

I (2), III

KY962072, KY962073

Bosnia and Herzegovina

I. canisuga (2)

I, II

KY962055, KY962056

I. hexagonus (1)

VI

KY962057

Serbia

I. canisuga (2)

I, II

KY962065, KY962064

I. kaiseri (2)

IV (2)

KY962066

Romania

I. kaiseri (5)

IV (2), V (3)

KY962062, KY962059

I. canisuga (4)

I (2), IIb

KY962060, KY962061

I. hexagonus (1)

VI

KY962063

  1. aPosition of mutations in 16S rRNA haplotypes (“-” = reference): Ixodes canisuga: I. (-), II. (178), III. (69); I. kaiseri: IV. (-), V. (215, 217); I. hexagonus: VI. (-), VII. (163)
  2. bSequencing of the 16S rRNA gene fragment from cox1 haplotype “C” was unsuccessful