Abstract
We found a male Hyalomma rufipes Koch, 1844 tick feeding on a horse grazing near Valtice, south Moravia, Czech Republic on October 24, 2019. The horse was born in Czechland and did not leave the country at least during the last five years. Relevant findings of Hyalomma ticks in other parts of central Europe are reviewed, including also records of pre-imaginal Hyalomma marginatum complex ticks on migrating birds all over Europe.
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2Protected Landscape Area "Palava", Mikulov, Czech Republic o 3Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, 500-13 Zaragoza, Spain pro Abstract - We found a male Hyalomma rufipes Koch, 1844 tick feeding on a horse grazing near Valtice, e south Moravia, Czech Republic on October 24, 2019
We found an adult Hyalomma tick feeding on the hind limb of a horse (Czech warmblooded race, 24 years old) grazed at fishpond "Nesyt"
Summary
This is a PDF file of an article that has undergone enhancements after acceptance, such as the addition of a cover page and metadata, and formatting for readability, but it is not yet the definitive version of record. P Hyalomma marginatum complex ticks on migrating birds all over Europe. L P Discussion (a mini-review) a We searched literature for records on adult Hyalomma marginatum complex presence in central Europe. The most probable mechanism for introduction of the H. rufipes tick into the Czech Republic could be the transport as a larva or nymph on a migratory bird, with the moulting into adult stage in south Moravia. Čapek et al (2014) collected a number of larval and p nymphal H. marginatum complex ticks on migratory birds in central Moravia and eastern - Bohemia during the springs 2010-2012: infested avian host species were Great Reed Warbler e (Acrocephalus arundinaceus), Eurasian Reed Warbler (A. scirpaceus), Marsh Warbler (A. r palustris), Sedge Warbler (A. schoenobaenus), Savi's Warbler (Locustella luscinioides) and Common Nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos). In addition to birds and interestingly, Földvári et al (2011) recorded one nymphal H. marginatum feeding on hedgehog (Erinaceus roumanicus) in the Budapest central city park
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