Genetic analysis challenges the presence of Ixodes inopinatus in Central Europe: development of a multiplex PCR to distinguish I. inopinatus from I. ricinus

Table 2 Tick identification by multiplex PCR from four localities

Locality	n	Ixodes ricinus		Hybrids		Ixodes inopinatus
Locality	n	F	M	F	M	F	M
CZ Libava	114	55	55	3	1	0	0
CZ Podyji	103	45	54	2	2	0	0
CZ Prostrední Porici	110	49	59	1	1	0	0
ALG El-Tarf	47	4	0	0	0	20	23
Total	374	153	168	6	4	20	23

ISSN: 1756-3305