: Bull. Hoshizaki Green Found : Mar Illustrations of Common Adult Ticks in the Mainland Japan Takeo YAMAUCHI and Ayumi TAKADA Institute of Natural and Environmental Sciences, University of Hyogo / Museum of Nature and Human Activities, Hyogo, Yayoigaoka, Sanda, Hyogo Pref., Japan Laboratory of Microbiology, Department of Food and Nutritional Sciences, Graduate School of Integrated Pharmaceutical and Nutritional Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Yada, Suruga ku, Shizuoka, Shizuoka Pref., Japan Abstract Adult ticks commonly collected by flagging and from medium to large sized mammals in the mainland Japan Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu were shown in color. The ticks include following species: Amblyomma testudinarium, Dermacentor taiwanensis, Haemaphysalis cornigera, H. flava, H. formosensis, H. hystricis, H. japonica, H. kitaokai, H. longicornis, H. megaspinosa, H. phasiana, Ixodes acutitarsus, I. monospinosus, I. nipponensis, I. ovatus, I. persulcatus, I. tanuki, and I. turdus. Moreover, mouth parts and coxae ofspecies were shown. Diagnostic characters ofspecies were described. Key words tick common species adult diagnosis coloration Guglielmone et al. ; Nakao and Ito Ixodes
SFTS SFTS SFTS SFTS Takano et al. Yamaguti et al KEYENCE NIKON NIKON STYLUS TGTough, OLYMPUS
3 2 4 mmmmmm Amblyomma Dermacentor Haemaphysalis Ixodes Rhipicephalus Boophilus
6 8 8 8 Amblyomma Dermacentor 2 Haemaphysalis Ixodes
Amblyomma Dermacentor Haemaphysalis 2 Ixodes Amblyomma testudinarium Amblyomma geoemydae Cantor Dermacentor taiwanensis Haemaphysalis cornigera Haemaphysalis flava Haemaphysalis formosensis
Haemaphysalis hystricis Haemaphysalis japonica Haemaphysalis kitaokai Haemaphysalis longicornis Haemaphysalis yeni Toumanoff Inokuma et al. Haemaphysalis megaspinosa
Amblyomma testudinarium Dermacentor taiwanensis Haemaphysalis cornigera H. flava H. formosensis H. hystricis
H. kitaokai H. longicornis H. megaspinosa H. phasiana Ixodes acu tarsus I. monospinosus
I. nipponensis I. ovatus I. persulcatus I. tanuki A. testudinarium I. turdus
D. taiwanensis H. cornigera H. flava H. formosensis H. hystricis H. japonica
H. kitaokai H. longicornis H. megaspinosa H. phasiana I. nipponensis I. ovatus
I. persulcatus I. tanuki Haemaphysalis phasiana Ixodes acutitarsus Ixodes monospinosus Takahashi and Sekine Ixodes nipponensis
A. testudinarium D. taiwanensis H. cornigera H. flava H. formosensis H. hystricis H. kitaokai H. longicornis H. megaspinosa H. phasiana I. acu tarsus I. monospinosus I. nipponensis I. ovatus I. persulcatus I. tanuki I. turdus
A. testudinarium D. taiwanensis H. cornigera H. flava H. formosensis H. hystricis H. japonica H. kitaokai H. longicornis H. megaspinosa H. phasiana I. nipponensis I. ovatus I. persulcatus I. tanuki
A. testudinarium D. taiwanensis H. cornigera H. flava H. formosensis H. hystricis H. kitaokai H. longicornis H. megaspinosa H. phasiana
I. acu tarsus I. monospinosus I. nipponensis I. ovatus I. persulcatus I. tanuki I. turdus I. pavlovskyi Pomerantzev Nakao et al Ixodes ovatus Ixodes persulcatus
A. testudinarium D. taiwanensis H. cornigera H. flava H. formosensis H. hystricis H. japonica H. kitaokai H. longicornis H. megaspinosa H. phasiana
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