… is a list of the 70 species of ticks that live in Australia, with existing common names and new
common names, … guides to and species accounts of Ixodes holocyclus (paralysis tick), Ixodes …

… Knowledge of the phylogenetic relationships of ticks has also provided new insights into … of
ticks to be studied. Finally, we present a list of the 899 valid genus and species names of ticks …

… Of the 896 recognised tick species worldwide [11] there are 70 species endemic to … Formal
geographical distribution data for many of the Australian tick species we report in this study is …

… found in Australia, such as Rhipicephalus sanguineus, if they enter … of Australian ticks and
tick-borne diseases is in its infancy. … Australia is known to be endemic for 70 of the known 896 …

… holocyclus (Figure 1) is known as the eastern paralysis tick since most cases of tick paralysis
in eastern Australia in domestic animals, wildlife and humans are caused by this tick. I. …

… such information for each species of ixodid tick that we consider … interested in ticks as
organisms and also for specialists in tick-… record from this type of host in Roberts (1970) as valid. …

… ticks it was not universal, and secondly that any attempt to apply Schulze's classification
to all ticks with trough-nosed capsules would result in a number of genera each with a single …

… burgdorferi sensu lato in any tick sample, providing further evidence against the presence
of Lyme disease in Australia. In sum, this study reveals that Australian ticks harbor a diverse …

… these 70 tick species solely feed on wildlife, whereas 16 tick … and screened Australian tick
species removed from native Australian … of chlamydial infections between Australian wildlife. …

… in Australia and PNG to taxonomists in Europe (Table 1). Colonial tick taxonomy began
when the first species of Australian tick, … the era of Australian endemic tick taxonomy: 1953–1970 …