Ticks of Europe and North Africa: A Guide to Species Identification

1. An introduction on tick accepted names and nomenclature. Trevor Petney, Andrei Mihalca, and Agustín Estrada-Peña. 2. Keys for the genera of ticks, including larvae, nymphs and adults. Agustín Estrada-Peña.3. Keys for the genus Argas (adults and larvae). Agustín Estrada-Peña4. The genus Argas, including A. persicus, A. reflexus, A. vespertilionis, A. miniatus, A. polonicus, A. transgariepinus. Miriam Pfäffle, Trevor Petney, Thomas G.T. Jaenson, Agustín Estrada-Peña.5. Keys for the genus Ornithodoros (adults and larvae). Agustín Estrada-Peña.6. The genus Ornithodoros, including the O. erraticus complex, O. maritimus, O. coniceps, O. capensis, O. alactagalis, O. lahorensis, O. tholozani. Gad Baneth and Gabriela Kleinerman.7. Keys for the genus Ixodes (adults, nymphs and larvae). Agustín Estrada-Peña.8. The genus Ixodes including I. ricinus, I. hexagonus, I. canisuga, I. rugicollis, I. arboricola, I. frontalis, I. eldaricus, I gibbosus, I. ventalloi, I. laguri, I. trianguliceps, I. acuminatus, I. lividus, I. simplex, I. vespertilionis, I. uriae, I. persulcatus, I. ariadnae, I. unicavatus, and I. rotschildi. Agustín Estrada-Peña, Sandor Hornok, Doeminco Otranto, Margarida Santos-Silva, Maxime Madder, Filipe Dantas-Torres.9. The genus Ixodes: additional information as a list of previous publications with morphological information where readers can find extra data. A. Estrada-Peña, A. Mihalca, Miriam Pfäffle, T. Petney.10. Keys for the genus Haemaphysalis (adults, nymphs and larvae). Agustín Estrada-Peña11. The genus Haemaphysalis: illustrations, additional information and maps of distribution for the species. The species to be included as illustrations and maps are: H. punctata, H. sulcata, H. inermis, H. concinna, H. hispanica, H. parva, H. caucasica, H. erinacei. Margarida Santos-Silva, Trevor Petney, Miriam Pfäffle, Thomas G.T. Jaensosn, Zati Vatansever.12. The genus Haemaphysalis: additional information as a list of previous publications with morphological information where readers can find extra data. A. Estrada-Peña, A. Mihalca, Miriam Pfäffle, T. Petney.13. Keys for the genus Hyalomma (adults, nymphs and larvae). Agustín Estrada-Peña.14. The genus Hyalomma including H. marginatum, H. rufipes, H. lusitanicum, H. scupense, H. anatolicum, H. excavatum, H. dromedarii, H. asiaticum, H. impeltatum and H. aegyptium. Margarida Santos-Silva, Zati Vatansever, Andrei Mihalca, Trevor Petney, Miriam Pfäffle, 15. The genus Hyalomma: additional information as a list of previous publications with morphological information where readers can find extra data. A. Estrada-Peña, A. Mihalca, Miriam Pfäffle, T. Petney.16. Keys for the genus Dermacentor (adults, nymphs and larvae). Agustín Estrada-Peña.17. The genus Dermacentor including D. marginatus and D. reticulatus. Sandor Hornok.18. The genus Dermacentor: additional information as a list of previous publications with morphological information where readers can find extra data. A. Estrada-Peña, A. Mihalca, Miriam Pfäffle, T. Petney.19. Keys for the genus Rhipicephalus (adults, nymphs and larvae). Agustín Estrada-Peña.20. The genus Rhipicephalus including R. sanguineus sensu lato, R. turanicus, R. rossicus, R. pusillus, R. bursa, R. guilhoni and R. annulatus. Gianluca d'Amico, Trevor Petney, Miriam Pfäffle, Margarida Santos-Silva.21. The genus Rhipicephalus: additional information as a list of previous publications with morphological information where readers can find extra data. A. Estrada-Peña, A. Mihalca, Miriam Pfäffle, T. Petney.22. How to collect ticks from the vegetation, and how to interpret these collections. Trevor Petney, Miriam Pfäffle.23. How to design and address collections from hosts, and how to interpret these collections. Trevor Petney, Miriam Pfäffle.