A bibliographical survey on Ixodid Fauna of Shimane Prefecture, Japan (Acari: Ixodoidea)

A bibliographical survey was made concerning ixodid ticks from Shimane Prefecture, Japan. Fifteen ixodid ticks including Argas japonicus Yamaguti, Clifford and Tipton, Carios capensis (Neumann), Amblyomma testudinarium Koch, Dermacentor taiwanensis Sugimoto, Haemaphysalis (Alloceraea) kitaokai Hoogstraal, Haemaphysalis (Haemaphysalis) campanulata Warburton, Haemaphysalis(Haemaphysalis)flavaNeumann, Haemaphysalis (Haemaphysalis) megaspinosa Saito, Haemaphysalis (Kaiseriana) longicornis Neumann, Haemaphysalis (Ornithophysalis) phasiana Saito, Hoogstraal and Wassef, Ixodes (Ixodes) monospinosus Saito, Ixodes (Ixodes) nipponensis Kitaoka and Saito, Ixodes (Ixodes) turdus Nakatsuji, Ixodes (Paltipalpiger) ovatus Neumann, and Ixodes (Pholeoixodes) lividus Koch, have so far been recorded from Shimane Prefecture (until 2005)