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Of the 758 species of hard ticks (family Ixodidae) currently known
to science, 137 (18%) are found in the Neotropical Zoogeographic
Region, an area that extends from the eastern and western flanks of
the Mexican Plateau southward to southern Argentina and Chile and
that also includes the Greater and Lesser Antilles and the
Galapagos Islands. This vast and biotically rich region has long
attracted natural scientists, with the result that the literature
on Neotropical ticks, which are second only to mosquitoes as
vectors of human disease and are of paramount veterinary
importance, is enormous, diffuse, and often inaccessible to
non-specialists. In this book, three leading authorities on the
Ixodidae have combined their talents to produce a summary of
essential information for every Neotropical tick species. Under
each species name, readers will find an account of the original
taxonomic description and subsequent redescriptions, followed by an
overview of its geographic distribution and host relationships,
including a discussion of human parasitism. Additional sections
provide detailed analyses of tick distribution by country and
zoogeographic subregion (the Caribbean, southern Mexico and Central
America, South America, and the Galapagos Islands), together with a
review of the phenomenon of invasive tick species and examination
of the many valid and invalid names that have appeared in the
Neotropical tick literature. The text concludes with an
unprecedented tabulation of all known hosts of Neotropical
Ixodidae, including the tick life history stages collected from
each host. This book is an invaluable reference for biologists and
biomedical personnel seeking to familiarize themselves with the
Neotropical tick fauna.
Of the 758 species of hard ticks (family Ixodidae) currently known
to science, 137 (18%) are found in the Neotropical Zoogeographic
Region, an area that extends from the eastern and western flanks of
the Mexican Plateau southward to southern Argentina and Chile and
that also includes the Greater and Lesser Antilles and the
Galapagos Islands. This vast and biotically rich region has long
attracted natural scientists, with the result that the literature
on Neotropical ticks, which are second only to mosquitoes as
vectors of human disease and are of paramount veterinary
importance, is enormous, diffuse, and often inaccessible to
non-specialists. In this book, three leading authorities on the
Ixodidae have combined their talents to produce a summary of
essential information for every Neotropical tick species. Under
each species name, readers will find an account of the original
taxonomic description and subsequent redescriptions, followed by an
overview of its geographic distribution and host relationships,
including a discussion of human parasitism. Additional sections
provide detailed analyses of tick distribution by country and
zoogeographic subregion (the Caribbean, southern Mexico and Central
America, South America, and the Galapagos Islands), together with a
review of the phenomenon of invasive tick species and examination
of the many valid and invalid names that have appeared in the
Neotropical tick literature. The text concludes with an
unprecedented tabulation of all known hosts of Neotropical
Ixodidae, including the tick life history stages collected from
each host. This book is an invaluable reference for biologists and
biomedical personnel seeking to familiarize themselves with the
Neotropical tick fauna.
This book has been designed to summarize current, essential
information for every one of the world's 700+ hard tick species.
Under each species name, we will cite the original description,
followed by information on type depositories, known stages,
distribution (by zoogeographic region and ecoregion), hosts, and
human infestation (if any). Each species account will also include
a list of salient references and, where necessary, remarks on
systematic status. We envision eight chapters: six devoted to the
major ixodid tick genera (Amblyomma, Dermacentor, Haemaphysalis,
Hyalomma, Ixodes, Rhipicephalus), one covering eight minor genera
(including two that are fossil), and a concluding summary chapter.
There will be two tables on host associations and zoogeography in
each major genus chapter, as well as five tables in the summary
chapter, for a total of 17 tables. No similar synopsis of the
world's hard tick species exists in any language.
This book has been designed to summarize current, essential
information for every one of the world s 700+ hard tick species.
Under each species name, we will cite the original description,
followed by information on type depositories, known stages,
distribution (by zoogeographic region and ecoregion), hosts, and
human infestation (if any). Each species account will also include
a list of salient references and, where necessary, remarks on
systematic status. We envision eight chapters: six devoted to the
major ixodid tick genera (Amblyomma, Dermacentor, Haemaphysalis,
Hyalomma, Ixodes, Rhipicephalus), one covering eight minor genera
(including two that are fossil), and a concluding summary chapter.
There will be two tables on host associations and zoogeography in
each major genus chapter, as well as five tables in the summary
chapter, for a total of 17 tables. No similar synopsis of the world
s hard tick species exists in any language. "
Ticks of the family Ixodidae, commonly known as hard ticks, occur
worldwide and are second only to mosquitoes as vectors of agents
pathogenic to humans. Of the 729 currently recognized hard tick
species, 283 (39%) have been implicated as human parasites, but the
literature on these species is both immense and scattered, with the
result that health professionals are often unable to determine
whether a particular tick specimen, once identified, represents a
species that is an actual or potential threat to its human host. In
this book, two leading tick specialists provide a list of the
species of Ixodidae that have been reported to feed on humans, with
emphasis on their geographical distribution, principal hosts, and
the tick life history stages associated with human parasitism. Also
included is a discussion of 21 ixodid species that, while having
been found on humans, are either not known to have actually fed or
may have been misidentified. Additionally, 107 tick names that have
appeared in papers on tick parasitism of humans, and that might
easily confuse non-taxonomists, are shown to be invalid under the
rules of zoological nomenclature. Although the species of ticks
that attack humans have long attracted the attention of
researchers, few comprehensive studies of these species have been
attempted. By gleaning and analyzing the results of over 1,100
scientific papers published worldwide, the authors have provided an
invaluable survey of hard tick parasitism that is unprecedented in
its scope and detail.
Ticks of the Southern Cone of America: Diagnosis, Distribution and
Hosts with Taxonomy, Ecology and Sanitary Importance focuses on the
tick species prevalent in The Southern Cone of America, including
their distribution, biology, associated pathogens, their effects on
the host, and control methods. Based on review of the literature
from more than five decades, 62 species of both hard and soft tick
have been discovered on the Southern Cone of America. Tick genera
observed and recorded include Amblyomma, Dermacentor,
Haemaphysalis, Ixodes, and Rhipicephalus.
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