Fauna tvrdih krpelja (Acari: Ixodidae) različitih tipova staništa grada Osijeka (istočna Hrvatska)

Authors and affiliation

• Jelena Kovačević Department of Biology, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Cara Hadrijana 8/A, HR-31000 Osijek, Croatia
• Tomislav Bučanović Department of Biology, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Cara Hadrijana 8/A, HR-31000 Osijek, Croatia
• Stjepan Krčmar Department of Biology, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Cara Hadrijana 8/A, HR-3100 Osijek, Croatia

Abstract

A faunistic study of hard ticks was conducted from February 2019 to August 2019 in seven different habitats in the city of Osijek. In all, 664 specimens were collected and classified into 2 species and 2 genera. Ixodes ricinus (Linnaeus, 1758) is the most abundant species in the studied area with 493 specimens, followed by Haemaphysalis concinna Koch, 1844 with 171 specimens collected. The largest number of ticks was collected in July, in the larval stage. Statistically significant differences were observed in the number of specimens with respect to different habitat types and sampling months (p <0.05). The data collected constitute a pilot study of the hard tick population in the city of Osijek, the largest city in eastern Croatia, which is characterized by the largest number of green spaces and parks in Croatia.

Keywords

hard ticks, Ixodes ricinus, Haemaphysalis concinna, Osijek, Croatia

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