TABLE 1 in Updated checklist, morphological descriptions, hosts and vector potential of ticks (Acari: Argasidae, Ixodidae) in Pakistan

TABLE 1. Tick species, their hosts and vector potential in Pakistan. FamilyGenusSpeciesHostKnown vector potential in the countryReferencesArgasidaeAlectorobiusconicepsNest of Hirundo rusticaUnknown(Ali et al. 2024a)AlveonasuslahorensisOvis orientalisUnknown(Doss 1974, Hoogstraal 1985, Mans et al. 2024)ArgasabdussalamiGyps bengalensis, Gyps africanusUnknown(Hoogstraal & McCarthy 1965b, Hoogstraal 1985)persicusGallus domesticusUnknown Coxiella -like endosymbionts(Yasin & Abdussalam 1958, Hoogstraal & McCarthy 1965b, Buriro & Akbar 1978, Ghosh et al. 2007, Qamar et al. 2009, Karim et al. 2017, Ali et al. 2019, Zahid et al. 2021, Ali et al. 2023c, Tsai et al. 2024)reflexusAnimal burrowsUnknown(Ghosh et al. 2007, Zahid et al. 2021, Ali et al. 2022)hermanniColumba liviaUnknown(Current study)rousettiCynopterus sphinxR. honei -like genotype(Ullah H et al. 2019, Zahid et al. 2023)CariosvespertilionisCynopterus sphinxUnknown(Ullah H et al. 2019, Zahid et al. 2023)OrnithodorospapillipesAnimal burrowsUnknown(Doss 1974)pakistanensisShed of Gallus domesticus, Bubalus bubalisRickettsia sp.(Ali et al. 2024c)tholozaniShed of Gallus domesticus, Bubalus bubalisUnknown(Karim et al. 2017)IxodidaeAmblyommagervaisiVaranus bengalensis, Platyceps rhodorachisReptile-associated Borrelia sp.(McCarthy 1967, Auffenberg & Auffenberg 1990, Ali et al. 2019, Khan M et al. 2022)javanenseManis crassicaudata, Varanus bengalensisUnknown(McCarthy 1967)pakhtunensisVaranus bengalensisUnknown(Ali et al. 2024b)DermacentorraskemensisOvis aries, Capra falconeriUnknown(McCarthy 1967, Dhanda et al. 1971, Apanaskevich 2013)montanusBos grunniensUnknown(Current study) ......continued on the next page