New host records for ticks (Ixodidae) from the northern quoll (Dasyurus hallucatus) in north Queensland
Haylee J. Weaver
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School of Science and Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast, Sippy Downs, Qld 4556, Australia. Email: hweaver@usc.edu.au
Australian Journal of Zoology 62(4) 268-271 https://doi.org/10.1071/ZO14023
Submitted: 4 April 2014 Accepted: 8 July 2014 Published: 31 July 2014
Abstract
Ticks (Ixodidae) were collected from northern quolls (Dasyurus hallucatus) from three sites on the Atherton Tableland, north Queensland. Four species of ticks (Haemaphysalis humerosa, Ixodes fecialis, I. holocyclus and I. tasmani) were collected from quolls. Prevalence of infestation of ticks varied from 44 to 92% across the three sites. The collection of the three species of Ixodes represents new host records for D. hallucatus, thus adding valuable new details to the ecology of the parasite fauna of an endangered marsupial.
Additional keywords: conservation, Dasyuridae, ecology, Haemaphysalis, Ixodes.
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