title: [Morphology of tick tarsus (Acari: Ixodida)--modifications connected with life cycle, behaviour, and habitat].
abstract: Ticks are ectoparasites of wide variety of vertebrates living in various types of environment all over the world. Morphological, biological, and physiological differences among tick species as well as among tick life stages are the result of tick adaptations to various life conditions. This paper presents morphological adaptations of tick tarsus to the hosts and the life conditions. The authors underline morphological differences of Haller's organ and pretarsus in four tick species: Argas reflexus (Fabricius, 1794), A. persicus (Oken, 1818), Dermacentor reticulatus (Fabricius, 1794), and Ixodes ricinus (Linnaeus, 1758).
authors.affiliation: Katedra i Zakład Biologii i Parazytologii Wydziału Lekarskiego, Akademia Medyczna im. Prof. Feliksa Skubiszewskiego, ul. Radziwiłłowska 11, 20-080 Lublin.
authors.forename: Alicja
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Buczek
authors.forename: Krzysztof
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Olszewski
authors.forename: Agnieszka
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Andrearczyk
authors.forename: Jacek
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zwoliński
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D026864:Argas / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification; D001522:Behavior, Animal; D003870:Dermacentor / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification; D004777:Environment; D005121:Extremities / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006790:Host-Parasite Interactions; D008018:Life Cycle Stages / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D010641:Phenotype; D013045:Species Specificity; D013643:Tarsus, Animal / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000469:parasitology; D013987:Ticks / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification*