Systematic & Applied Acarology
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Systematic & Applied Acarology (2008) 13, 43–50.

Haemaphysalis (Ornithophysalis) phasiana (Acari: Ixodidae) in the Republic of Korea: Two province records and habitat descriptions

WILLIAM J. SAMES1, HEUNG CHUL KIM2, SUNG TAE CHONG2, IN YONG LEE3 DMITRY A. APANASKEVICH4, RICHARD G. ROBBINS5, JOSHUA BAST6, ROBERT MOORE7 & TERRY A. KLEIN8

18725 John J. Kingman Road, Suite 2639 DES-E, Fort Belvoir, VA 22060. E-mail: william.sames@dla.mil

25th Medical Detachment, 168th Medical Battalion (AS), 18th Medical Command, Unit 15247, APO AP 96205-5247, Seoul, Korea

3Department of Parasitology, College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Seoul, 120-752, Korea

4United States National Tick Collection, Institute of Arthropodology and Parasitology, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA 30460-8056

5DPMIAC/AFPMB, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC 20307-5001

6154th Medical Detachment, 168th Medical Battalion (AS), 18th Medical Command, Unit 15515, APO AP 96218-5515, Seoul, Korea

7Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine – Pacific (CHPPM-PAC), Bldg # 715, Camp Zama, APO AP 96343-5006

818th Medical Command, Unit 15281, APO AP 96205-5281, Seoul, Korea

Abstract

Tick surveys were conducted during April 2007 in Jeju Province and along the southern coast of Gyeongsangnam and Jeollanam Provinces, Republic of Korea, to assess tick species composition and distribution, and to study tick habitat associations. A total of 58, 19, and 25 sites were surveyed in Jeju, Gyeongsangnam, and Jeollanam Provinces, respectively. Surveys were conducted using tick drags through various vegetative habitats. Habitat descriptions were recorded for each 10-m drag and analyzed to determine habitat associations for each collected species. During this survey, Haemaphysalis (Ornithophysalis) phasiana Saito, Hoogstraal and Wassef was collected at 10 sites (144 nymphs) in Jeju Province and at six sites (70 nymphs and 2 females) in Jeollanam Province (new records for both provinces), but was not collected at the 19 survey sites in Gyeongsangnam Province. Haemaphysalis phasiana was collected at elevations of 5–245 m and in or near areas that had a marked presence of pine trees as well as dry or green grasses, other herbaceous vegetation, and deciduous understory.

Key words: ticks, Jeju, Jeollanam Province, Gyeongsangnam Province, Haemaphysalis (Ornithophysalis) phasiana

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