Table 2 List of the tick species collected and identified from bare-nosed wombat (V. ursinus) hosts between January 2019 and January 2020
Tick species | Common name | No. collected | Instar | Locality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Bothriocroton auruginans | Wombat tick | 420 | 128 ♂, 141 ♀, 112 N, 39 L | NSW: Coolagolite, Rock Flat, Yowrie, Bellmount Forest, Bilpin, Bemboka, Buxton, Primrose Valley, Courijah, Orangeville, Bungendore, Burra, Gelstone Park, Dalgety, Kangaroo Valley, Mowbray Park, Pheasant Nest, Picton, Quaama, The Oaks, Mount Hunter, The Rock, Wagga Wagga, Thirlmere, Wolgan Valley |
Haemaphysalis bancrofti | Wallaby tick | 8 | 8 ♀, 2 N | NSW: Coolagolite, Dalgety, Picton, Quaama |
Haemaphysalis longicornis | Bush tick | 3 | 1 ♂, 2 ♀ | NSW: Coolagolite |
Ixodes tasmani | Common marsupial tick | 12 | 11 ♀, 1 N | NSW: Dalgety. Tasmania: Cradle Mountain |
Ixodes holocyclus | Australian paralysis tick | 4 | 4 ♀ | NSW: Coolagolite, Quaama |