title: The hard-tick fauna of mainland Portugal (Acari: Ixodidae): an update on geographical distribution and known associations with hosts and pathogens.
abstract: This work is an updated revision of the available information on Portuguese ixodid tick species. It includes data on tick biology, ecology, taxonomy and host/pathogen-associations. The current list of Portuguese ixodid ticks comprises twenty species: Dermacentor marginatus (Sulzer, 1776), Dermacentor reticulatus (Fabricius, 1794), Haemaphysalis hispanica Gil Collado, 1938, Haemaphysalis inermis Birula, 1895, Haemaphysalis punctata Canestrini & Fanzago, 1878, Hyalomma lusitanicum Koch, 1844, Hyalomma marginatum Koch, 1844, Ixodes acuminatus Neumann, 1901, Ixodes bivari Dias, 1990, Ixodes canisuga Johnston, 1849, Ixodes frontalis (Panzer, 1798), Ixodes hexagonus Leach, 1815, Ixodes ricinus (Linnaeus, 1758), Ixodes simplex Neumann, 1906, Ixodes ventalloi Gil Collado, 1936, Ixodes vespertilionis Koch, 1844, Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) annulatus (Say, 1821), Rhipicephalus bursa Canestrini & Fanzago, 1878, Rhipicephalus pusillus Gil Collado, 1938, and Rhipicephalus sanguineus (Latreille, 1806).
authors: Centro de Estudos de Vectores e Doenças Infecciosas Dr. Francisco Cambournac, Instituto Nacional de Saúde Dr. Ricardo Jorge I.P., Águas de Moura, Portugal. m.santos.silva@insa.min-saude.pt
authors: M M
authors: MM
authors: Santos-Silva
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Beati
authors: A S
authors: AS
authors: Santos
authors: R
authors: R
authors: De Sousa
authors: M S
authors: MS
authors: Núncio
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Melo
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Santos-Reis
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Fonseca
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Formosinho
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Vilela
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Bacellar
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001096:Arachnid Vectors; D005260:Female; D005843:Geography; D006790:Host-Parasite Interactions; D006801:Humans; D026863:Ixodidae; D008297:Male; D011174:Portugal