Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) Parasitizing Passerine Birds in Turkey With New Records and New Tick-Host Associations

KESKİN A., Erciyas Yavuz K.

JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY, vol.56, no.1, pp.156-161, 2019 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 56 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2019
  • Doi Number: 10.1093/jme/tjy151
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.156-161
  • Keywords: birds, Kzlrmak Delta, tick, Turkey, CONGO HEMORRHAGIC-FEVER, IXODES-ARBORICOLA, MIGRATORY BIRDS, FESTAI-RONDELLI, 1ST RECORD, PROVINCES, FRONTALIS, WESTERN, REDESCRIPTION, IXODOIDEA
  • Ondokuz Mayıs University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

In 2016 spring and autumn migration seasons, 7,992 birds belonging to 83 species, 51 genera, 34 families, and 12 orders were examined for tick (Acari: Ixodidae) infestation in the Kzlrmak Delta, Samsun, Turkey. A total of 1,229 (649 larvae, 536 nymphs, 40 females, 4 males) ticks were collected from 349 (4.36%) birds belonging to 33 (39.75%) species within 16 families in the order Passeriformes. Nine tick species were identified belonging to the family Ixodidae, namely Haemaphysalis concinna Koch, Haemaphysalis punctata Canestrini & Fanzago, Haemaphysalis sulcata Canestrini & Fanzago, Hyalomma marginatum gr., Ixodes eldaricus Djaparidze, Ixodes festai Tonelli-Rondelli, Ixodes frontalis (Panzer), Ixodes redikorzevi Olenev, and Ixodes ricinus (L.). The present study also reports 78 different avian (resident, migratory or partially migratory) hosts for documented tick species; 63 (80.76%) of them were new tick-host records for Turkey. In addition, the presence of I. eldaricus and I. festai ticks were documented in Turkey for the first time.