| Title |
The fossil record and the origin of ticks (Acari: Parasitiformes: Ixodida)
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Experimental and Applied Acarology, January 2003
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| DOI | 10.1023/a:1025824702816 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
José de la Fuente |
| Abstract |
Ticks are obligate hematophagous ectoparasites of terrestrial vertebrates. Hypotheses on the origin of ticks have been proposed based on tick-host associations and the total-evidence approach analysis of morphological and molecular characters. Nevertheless, the origin of ticks remains a controversial issue. Here, I revised the tick fossil record including reports from the literature and the description of 7 new specimens. The analysis of fossil ticks provides few clues to tick evolution but does not contradict recent hypotheses based on total-evidence approach analysis that place the origin of ticks in the Cretaceous (65-146 mya) with most of the evolution and dispersal occurring during the Tertiary (5-65 mya). |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| France | 1 | <1% |
| South Africa | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 101 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 19 | 18% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 17 | 16% |
| Student > Master | 15 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 11 | 11% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 8 | 8% |
| Other | 17 | 16% |
| Unknown | 17 | 16% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 49 | 47% |
| Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | 9 | 9% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 6 | 6% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 6 | 6% |
| Environmental Science | 4 | 4% |
| Other | 9 | 9% |
| Unknown | 21 | 20% |
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