… Figure 1.1 Three host life cycle of a female ixodid tick … of the 16S rRNA gene was conducted
on the stump-tailed lizard tick, … rugosa from mainland South Australia, discovering Rickettsia …

… and island populations (Kangaroo Island, French Island, Phillip Island) is the low genetic
diversity… thylacis from tick nymphs (Ixodes holocyclus) collected from bandicoots. ♦ The potential …

… carrying the paralysis tick (Ixodes holocyclus) … of islands off the coast of South Australia and
as isolated patches in the far northeast of Queensland and the southwest of Western Australia…

… of mammalian trypanosomes within Australian invertebrates including ticks and tabanids. …
Trypanosoma noyesi visualised within questing ticks. Trypanosomes were further observed …

… hedgehogs), birds and Ixodes ticks and that relapsing fever … those ticks removed from people,
if genetically characterized, … long lived rodents such woodrats and kangaroo rats, but only …

… Ideally western quolls from more diverse locations and genetic … Ticks observed on quolls
include Ixodes fecialis on western … Tables for age determination of the kangaroo island wallaby (…

… The feeding structure of hard ticks is located in front of the head; it is quite … for Ixodes ticks
and smaller for other hard ticks. Soft ticks have a very small and barely visible feeding structure …

… novaehollandiae from mainland Australia, but also provided invaluable specimens which
greatly aided in the production of this article. We also thank the staff of the Gene Technology …

… As part of a larger project on the associations between ticks and wildlife hosts, we anaesthetised
animals to estimate tick load using isoflurane vaporised in medical grade oxygen with a …

… Ideally western quolls from more diverse locations and genetic … Ticks observed on quolls
include Ixodes fecialis on western quolls, eastern quolls and spotted-tailed quolls, Ixodes …