In 2008, tick surveillance of migratory birds was conducted on Hong-do (Hong Island), Jeollanam Province, Republic of Korea. Seventy-seven ticks representing two genera and four species—Haemaphysalis flava Neumann (21 ticks), Haemaphysalis ornithophila Hoogstraal & Kohls (2), Ixodes nipponensis Kitaoka & Saito (3), and Ixodes turdus Nakatsuji (51)—were collected from 12 species of birds belonging to nine genera. Two male H. ornithophila, an uncommonly collected tick, were removed from a scaly thrush, Zoothera dauma (Latham), on Hong-do. Haemaphysalis ornithophila is a Southeast Asian species that was transported to Korea during the spring migration of Z. dauma to its breeding grounds in Russia. This first report of H. ornithophila from Korea has implications for the introduction of exotic tick species and their pathogens on migratory birds.
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1 June 2009
Migratory bird tick surveillance, including a new record of Haemaphysalis ornithophila Hoogstraal and Kohls 1959 (Acari: Ixodidae) from Hong-do (Hong Island), Republic of Korea
Heung Chul Kim,
Sungjin Ko,
Chang-Yong Choi,
Hyun-Young Nam,
Hee-Young Chae,
Sung Tae Chong,
Terry A. Klein,
William J. Sames,
Richard G. Robbins,
Joon-Seok Chae
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Systematic and Applied Acarology
Vol. 14 • No. 1
June 2009
Vol. 14 • No. 1
June 2009
bird ticks
Haemaphysalis ornithophila
Ixodes
Korea
migratory birds
