Abstract The book Australian Ticks by FHS Roberts (1970) is a land-mark in Australian tick
biology. But it is time for a new and improved book on the ticks of Australia. The present …

The ticks of Australia, including Tasmania, described in this book comprise 59 species: four
of Argas, three of Ornithodoros, 22 of Ixodes, eight of Haemaphysalis, one of Rhipicephalus …

Seventy species of ticks are known from Australia: 14 soft ticks (family Argasidae) and 56
hard ticks (family Ixodidae). Sixteen of the 70 ticks in Australia may feed on humans and …

The primary purpose of this manual is to serve as a training aid and provide basic
information on ticks and tick-borne diseases for veterinarians and animal health technicians …

During the first third of this century, GHF Nuttall in the United Kingdom amassed what, at that
time, was the world's largest collection of ixodoid ticks. He kept detailed records of all …

There has been much progress in our understanding of the phylogeny and evolution of ticks,
particularly hard ticks, in the past 5 years. Indeed, a consensus about the phylogeny of the …

Hosts 24 Seasonal occurrence 24 Geographical distribution 24 External structure 24
Diseases associated with ticks 26 Collection of ticks from hosts 26 Collection of ticks from …

Ticks are an ancient group of arthropod ectoparasites of worldwide medical importance. This
article describes their origin and evolution. The key aspects of tick biology that make ticks …

The popular, but rarely documented, view in Britain is that ticks have increased in
distribution and abundance over recent years. To assess this, we gathered evidence for …