Rg. Robbins et al., 2 NOTEWORTHY COLLECTIONS OF TICKS (ACARI, IXODIDA, IXODIDAE) FROM ENDANGERED CARNIVORES IN THE LAO-PEOPLES-DEMOCRATIC-REPUBLIC, Entomological news, 108(1), 1997, pp. 60-62
Adults of the ixodid ticks Haemaphysalis osiatica and Rhipicephalus ha
emaphysaloides and nymphs of an undetermined species of Amblyomma are
reported from a Laotian specimen of the Asian golden cat, Catopuma tem
minckii, and an adult of Ixodes ovatus is reported from a Laotian spec
imen of Owston's palm civet, Chrotogale owstoni. These are the first p
ublished records of any ticks from either carnivore and the first reco
rd of I. ovatus from the Lao People's Democratic Republic.