Emerging and re‐emerging tick‐borne diseases threaten public health and the wellbeing of
domestic animals and wildlife globally. The adoption of an evolutionary ecology framework …

ABSTRACT Hyalomma ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) are hosts for Francisella-like endosymbionts
(FLE) and may serve as vectors of zoonotic disease agents. This study aimed to provide an …

Hyalomma Koch, 1844 are ixodid ticks that infest mammals, birds and reptiles, to which 27
recognized species occur across the Afrotropical, Palearctic and Oriental regions. Despite …

Hyalomma marginatum and Hyalomma rufipes are important vectors of Crimean-Congo
Hemorrhagic Fever Virus (CCHFV) in North Africa and Southern Europe. They are …

Rhipicephalus are a species-diverse genus of ticks, mainly distributed in the Afrotropics with
some species in the Palearctic and Oriental regions. Current taxonomic consensus comprise …

Background In parasitic taxa, life history traits such as microhabitat preference and host
specificity can result in differential evolutionary responses to similar abiotic events. The …

Aim It is predicted that the dispersal and gene flow of ectoparasites with wide host ranges
are correlated with the vagilities of their most mobile hosts. To test this, the …

Rhipicephalus appendiculatus is an important tick vector of several pathogens and
parasitizes domestic and wild animals across eastern and southern Africa. However, its …

Laelaps giganteus and Laelaps muricola (Mesostigmata; Laelapidae) are widespread and
locally abundant host generalists on small mammals in southern Africa. The large host …

The dispersal and subsequent gene flow within parasite species is the result of a complex
interaction between parasite life history, host life history and abiotic environmental factors …