ABOUT THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY OF DISTRIBUTION AND THE HOST SPECIES OF THE TICKS HAEMAPHYSALIS LONGICORNIS (ACARI: IXODIDAE) IN PRIMORSKY KRAI

Belov Yu.A., Moskvina T.V., Shchelkanov E.M., Burukhina E.G., Volkov Yu.G., Popov I.A., Kakareka N.N., Galkina I.V., Pankratov D.V., Surovyi A.L., Shchelkanov M.Yu.

A.I.Kurentsov memorial lectures 2019; (30): 177-182

The study of ectoparasites of wild boars ( Sus scrofa Linnaeus, 1758) conducted in the process of ecological and virological monitoring of the Primorsky krai in 2016-2018 has showed that the ticks Haemaphysalis longicornis Neumann, 1901 (Acari: Ixodidae) were found in autumn, winter and spring periods not only in the Khasan region, but also in Khankaisky, Nadezhdinsky, Anuchinsky, Spassky, Chuguevsky regions and in the Ussuriisk urban district. The wild boar is recorded as host species of this tick for the first time.

DOI 10.25221/kurentzov.30.16

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