An Illustrated Guide to the Identification of Ticks

The present identification guide has associated with the 24 tick species that feed on domestic animals in Iran. These comprise six argasid (soft) ticks: Alveonasus canestrinii Birula 1895 Alveonasus lahorensis Neumann 1908 (Middle East sheep tampan) Ornithodoros tholozani Laboulbène & Mégnin 1882 (cave tick) Otobius megnini Dugès 1883 (spinose ear tick) Argas persicus Oken 1818 (fowl tick) Argas hermanni Audouin 1927 (African bird argasid); and 18 ixodid (hard) ticks Ixodes ricinus Linnaeus 1758 (castor bean tick) Haemaphysalis concinna Koch 1844 (relict tick) Haemaphysalis inermis Birula 1895 Haemaphysalis parva Neumann 1897 Haemaphysalis punctata Canestrini & Fanzago 1878 (red sheep tick) Haemaphysalis sulcata Canestrini & Fanzago 1878 Rhipicephalus annulatus Say 1821 Rhipicephalus bursa Canestrini & Fanzago 1878 Rhipicephalus sanguineus Latreille 1806 (brown dog tick) Dermacentor marginatus Sulzer 1776 (ornate sheep tick) Dermacentor raskemensis Pomerantzev 1946 Hyalomma anatolicum Koch 1844 (small Anatolian Hyalomma) Hyalomma asiaticum Schulze & Schlottke 1930 (Asiatic Hyalomma) Hyalomma dromedarii Koch 1844 (camel Hyalomma).