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Table 1 The total submissions to the PSU Department of Entomology/Frost Entomological Museum from 1900 to 2017. Generic names that have been changed since the submission date are shown in parentheses

From: A 117-year retrospective analysis of Pennsylvania tick community dynamics

Species

No. of submission lots

No of specimens

Amblyomma americanum

183

196

Amblyomma cajennense

1

1

Amblyomma dissimile

8

8

Amblyomma longirostre

1

1

Amblyomma maculatum

5

5

Amblyomma (Aponomma) transversale

2

2

Amblyomma sp.

2

2

Argas cooleyi

2

2

Argas persicus

3

3

Carios (Ornithodoros) kelleyi

18

18

Dermacentor albipictus

81

107

Dermacentor andersoni

1

1

Dermacentor variabilis

1498

3172

Haemaphysalis chordeilis

1

1

Haemaphysalis leporispalustris

38

78

Ixodes affinis

1

1

Ixodes angustus

39

39

Ixodes cookei

661

897

Ixodes dentatus

115

120

Ixodes marxi

46

48

Ixodes muris

6

6

Ixodes scapularis

1395

1899

Ixodes texanus

16

111

Ixodes sp.

79

80

Rhipicephalus sanguineus

287

332

Rhipicephalus sp.

1

1

Not identified

1

1

Total

4491

7132