Increased population densities of Amblyomma americanum (Acari: ixodidae) on Long Island, New York

Authors

H. S. Ginsberg, University of Rhode Island
C. P. Ewing, University of Rhode Island
A. F. O'Connell, University of Rhode Island
E. M. Bosler, University of Rhode Island
J. G. Daley, University of Rhode Island
M. W. Sayre, University of Rhode Island

Document Type

Article

Date of Original Version

1-1-1991

Abstract

Lone star ticks, Amblyomma americanum comprised a significantly greater proportion of total ticks flagged on eastern Long Island and Fire Island, New York, in 1986 and 1990 than in samples reported by other authors from the 1940s (when A. americanum was not collected by flagging or from hosts) and the 1970s. Therefore, population densities of A. americanum apparently have increased in recent years on southeastern Long Island, where this species now is distributed widely.

Publication Title, e.g., Journal

Journal of Parasitology

Volume

77

Issue

3

Citation/Publisher Attribution

Ginsberg, H. S., C. P. Ewing, A. F. O'Connell, E. M. Bosler, J. G. Daley, and M. W. Sayre. "Increased population densities of Amblyomma americanum (Acari: ixodidae) on Long Island, New York." Journal of Parasitology 77, 3 (1991). doi: 10.2307/3283144.