The Genus Dermacentor (Acari: Ixodidae) in Laos: A Review and Update of Species Records

Khamsing Vongphayloth; Jeffrey C Hertz; Khaithong Lakeomany; Dmitry A Apanaskevich; Richard G Robbins; Ian W Sutherland; Paul T Brey

doi:10.1093/jme/tjy041

The Genus Dermacentor (Acari: Ixodidae) in Laos: A Review and Update of Species Records

J Med Entomol. 2018 Jun 28;55(4):1047-1050. doi: 10.1093/jme/tjy041.

Authors

Khamsing Vongphayloth¹, Jeffrey C Hertz², Khaithong Lakeomany¹, Dmitry A Apanaskevich³, Richard G Robbins⁴, Ian W Sutherland^{2

5}, Paul T Brey¹

Affiliations

¹ Institut Pasteur du Laos, Laboratory of Vector-Borne Diseases, Samsenhai Road, Ban Kao-Gnot, Sisattanak District, Vientiane, Lao PDR.
² United States Naval Medical Research Center - Asia, Sembawang, Singapore.
³ United States National Tick Collection, the James H. Oliver, Jr. Institute for Coastal Plain Science, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA.
⁴ Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit, Department of Entomology, Smithsonian Institution, MSC, MRC, Suitland, MD.
⁵ United States Navy Entomology Center of Excellence, NAS, Jacksonville, FL.

PMID: 29590396
DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjy041

Abstract

Two species of the ixodid tick genus Dermacentor Koch, 1844 (Acari: Ixodidae) have previously been documented from Laos: D. auratus Supino, 1897 and D. steini (Schulze, 1933). Between 2012 and 2017, we recorded four additional Dermacentor species from this country: D. bellulus (Schulze, 1935); D. compactus Neumann, 1901; D. filippovae Apanaskevich & Apanaskevich, 2015; and D. tamokensisApanaskevich & Apanaskevich, 2016. In addition, seven specimens in the tick collection at the Institut Pasteur du Laos may represent new species and are currently under taxonomic investigation.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animal Distribution*
Animals
Dermacentor / classification
Dermacentor / physiology*
Female
Laos
Male