Ticks of South Carolina (Acari : Ixodoidea)

County and host records are reported for 19 species of ticks from South Car olina: Amblyomma americanum, Amblyomma maculatum, Amblyoma tuberculatum, Ap anonomma latum, Boophilus annulatus, Boophilus microplus, Dermacentor albip ictus, Dermacentor variablis, Haemaphysalis leporispalustris, Ixodes affini s, Ixodes brunneus, Ixodes cookei, Ixodes marxi, Ixodes minor; Ixodes scapu laris, Ixodes texanus, Ixodes woodi, Rhipicephalus sanguineus, and Ornithod oros capensis. Ixodes woodi is recorded from South Carolina for the first t ime. Boophilus annulatus and Boophilus microplus probably no longer exist i n South Carolina, and Aponomma latum is an exotic species that is not estab lished in South Carolina. Brief notes follow each species.