The Iranian Hyalomma (Acari: Ixodidae) with a key to the identification of male species

Hosseini Chegeni, Asadollah; Hosseini, Reza; Tavakoli, Majid; Telmadarraiy, Zakiyeh; Abdigoudarzi, Mohammad

doi:10.22073/pja.v2i3.10046

The Iranian Hyalomma (Acari: Ixodidae) with a key to the identification of male species

Authors

Asadollah Hosseini Chegeni ¹

Reza Hosseini ¹

Majid Tavakoli ²

Zakiyeh Telmadarraiy ³

Mohammad Abdigoudarzi ⁴

¹ Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran;

² Lorestan Agricultural and Natural Resources Research Center, Lorestan-Iran;

³ Department of Medical Entomology and Vector Control, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran;

⁴ Razi Vaccine and Serum Research Institute, Department of Parasitology, Reference Laboratory for Ticks and Tick Borne Diseases, Karaj, Iran;

10.22073/pja.v2i3.10046

Abstract

The taxonomic status of ticks in the genus Hyalomma, as prominent vectors of domestic animal and human pathogen agents as well as hematophagous parasites of all terrestrial animals has a problematic history due to variability. The present paper is based on our observations on the Iranian Hyalomma species during 2009 to 2013. In this study, for nine Hyalomma species including H. aegyptium, H. anatolicum, H. asiaticum, H. detritum, H. dromedarii, H. excavatum, H. marginatum, H. rufipes and H. schulzei, morphologic characteristics and some notes on their variability, biology and distribution are presented. In this paper, diagnoses, host information, distribution data, illustrations of adult males and a taxonomic key to the native Hyalomma species of Iran are provided to facilitate their identification.

Keywords

Hyalomma

identification key

Iran

taxonomy

morphological characteristcs