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Table 1 Ixodid and argasid ticks collected from local wildlife and livestock in Gurbantunggut Desert

From: The great gerbil (Rhombomys opimus) as a host for tick species in Gurbantunggut Desert

Animals (number)

Ticks

Hyalomma asiaticum

Rhipicephalus turanicus

Haemaphysalis erinacei

Ixodes acuminatus

Ornithodoros tartakovskyi

Total

Rhombomys opimus (326)

103 (24 larvae, 79 nymphs)

2 (nymphs)

11 (4 larvae, 7 nymphs)

4 (nymphs)

5 (adults)

125

Ovis aries (35)

322 (adults)

151 (adults)

   

473

Vormela peregusna (3)

  

273 (adults)

3 (adults)

1 (adults)

277

Hemiechinus auritus (1)

  

6 (adults)

  

6

Vulpes vulpes (2)

  

8 (adults)

  

8

Total

425

153

298

7

6

889