Rhipicephalus sanguineus (Latreille 1806); A new Record of Male Tick Identified with Scanning Electron Microscopy in Korea

Kang, Yung bai

Korean Journal of Veterinary Research 1984;24(2):201-211.

Yung bai Kang

Institute of Veterinary of Research, Office of Rural Development

Rhipicephalus sanguineus에 대한 최초(最初)의 국내보고(國內報告)와 수컷에 대한 주사전자현미경적관찰(走査電子顯微鏡的觀察)

강영배

농촌진흥청 가축위생연구소

Abstract

Rhipicephilus sanguineus (Latreille 1806) the brown dog tick, is one of the most widely distributed ixodid ticks in the world, however, there was no report for the discovery of the species in Korea. Specimens unfed or partly fed were collected from the dogs rearing in the livestock farms and the pastures near the farms located in Kyunggi-Do, Chungchong-Namdo, Cholla-Pukdo and Cheju-Do, in summer seasons during 1981 to 1984. The specimens were examined at the Institute of Veterinary Research in Anyang and were identified as R. sanguineus. The morphological characteristics observed by means of the scanning electron microscope were presented with some SEM microphotographs. As. R. sanguineus is firstly discovered to occur in Korea, a total of 20 species of ticks belonging to E: genera, such as, Argas, Amblyomma, Boophilus, Dermacentor, Haemaphysalis, Hyalomma, Ixodes and Rhipicephilus, has now been recorded.