Inokuma Hisashi, Fujimoto Takako, Hosoi Eiji, Tanaka Shuuhei, Fujisaki Kozo, Okuda Masaru, Onishi Takafumi
Faculty of Agriculture, Yamaguchi University, 1677-1 Yoshida, Yamaguchi 753-8515, Japan.
J Vet Med Sci. 2002 Jul;64(7):615-7. doi: 10.1292/jvms.64.615.
Ticks were collected from 94 sika deer (Cervus nippon) hunted in the western part of Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan from August to November 1999, and March to July 2000. Haemaphysalis longicornis and H. yeni were the dominant species from April to August, while H. flava and H. megaspinosa were dominant in October, November and March. This is the first report of H. yeni in the mainland of Japan. Small numbers of H. kitaokai, Amblyomma testudinarium and Ixodes ovatus were also recorded.
1999年8月至11月以及2000年3月至7月期间,从日本山口县西部猎捕的94头梅花鹿(Cervus nippon)身上采集蜱虫。长角血蜱和叶氏血蜱是4月至8月的优势种,而黄色血蜱和巨刺血蜱在10月、11月和3月占主导地位。这是叶氏血蜱在日本本土的首次报道。还记录到少量的北冈血蜱、龟形花蜱和卵形硬蜱。