For hundreds of millions of years, large vertebrates (megafauna) have inhabited most of the
ecosystems on our planet. During the late Quaternary, notably during the Late P leistocene …

Zoonotic diseases are major causes of infection related morbidity and mortality worldwide.
Of the various arthropods capable of transmitting pathogens that cause such diseases to …

The hard tick family Ixodidae currently comprises over 700 species worldwide, but
information on types, developmental stages, distribution and hosts is scattered and often …

Through collation of global, national and state/territory threatened species lists, we conclude
that 100 Australian endemic species (one protist, 38 vascular plants, ten invertebrates, one …

The extinction of a single species is rarely an isolated event. Instead, dependent parasites,
commensals, and mutualist partners (affiliates) face the risk of coextinction as their hosts or …

Parasites appropriate host resources to feed and/or to reproduce, and lower host fitness to
varying degrees. As a consequence, they can negatively impact human and animal health …

Although parasites make up a substantial proportion of the biotic component of ecosystems,
in terms of both biomass and number of species, they are rarely considered in conservation …

A major, but not exhaustive, literature revision has been made to compile the names of
Ixodidae from Linnaeus to present. Names are classified as valid, synonyms, lapsus …

Ticks are blood-sucking ectoparasites of great medical and veterinary significance that can
transmit bacteria, protozoa, fungi and viruses, and cause a variety of human and animal …

Distribution and host data from published literature and previously unpublished collection
records are provided for all nine species of the Holarctic tick genus Dermacentor that are …