A REVIEW OF ASIAN AMBLYOMMA SPECIES (ACARI, IXODIDA, IXODIDAE)

About authors:

Voltzit O.V., Zoological Museum of Moscow State University, Bol. Nikitskaya 6, Moscow, 125009 Russia
J. E. Keirans, Institute of Arthropodology and Parasitology, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Georgia 30460, U.S.A.;

Acknowledgments:

We thank Dr. N.A. Filippova (Zoological In-stitute of the Russian Academy of Sciences) for loaning the female of A. integrum.

Portions of this research were suported by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseas-es grant AI 40729 to JEK.

Annotation:

This review includes descriptions of all known Asian Amblyomma species, keys to males and females, data on synonymy, distribution, and host-parasite associations.

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