• First detection of Hyalomma rufipes in Germany 

      Chitimia-Dobler, Lidia; Nava, Santiago; Bestehorn, Malena; Dobler, Gerhard; Wölfel, Silke (2016-10)
      Hyalomma rufipes, a two-host tick, is the most widespread Hyalomma species in Africa. In December 2015, an ixodid tick male with an unusual morphology was detected on a horse in a stable near Mainz in the Federal State ...
    • Ixodes inopinatus − Occurring also outside the Mediterranean region 

      Chitimia-Dobler, Lidia; Rieß, Ramona; Kahl, Olaf; Wölfel, Silke; Dobler, Gerhard; Nava, Santiago; Estrada-Peña, Agustín (2018-02)
      We report the presence of Ixodes inopinatus and its sympatric occurrence with Ixodes ricinus in southeastern Germany, western Austria, and Romania. The identification of I. inopinatus was based on morphological and molecular ...