Ticks were collected from bats captured in caves, abandoned mines, and under bridges in the Republic of Korea as part of the 65th Medical Brigade vector-borne disease surveillance program in collaboration with the National Institute of Biological Resources. A total of seven ticks (1 nymph and 3 larvae of Ixodes simplex, and 3 females of Ixodes vespertilionis) were removed from 7/141 bats (5.0%). Ixodes simplex was collected from both Rhinolophus ferrumequinum (Chiroptera: Rhinolophidae) and Miniopterus schreibersii (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae), while I. vespertilionis was collected only from R. ferrumequinum. This is the first report of I. simplex from the Republic of Korea.
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14 October 2011
Ixodes vespertilionis Koch and first report of Ixodes simplex Neumann (Acari: Ixodidae) from bats in the Republic of Korea
Heung Chul Kim,
Sang Hoon Han,
Sung Tae Chong,
Richard G. Robbins,
Terry A. Klein
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bat ticks
Ixodes simplex
Ixodes vespertilionis
Miniopterus schreibersii
Republic of Korea
Rhinolophus ferrumequinum