Publications

Publications by ICPS faculty, students and staff.

Journal Articles 2022

LH Backus, JE Foley, GB Hobbs, Y Bai, L Beati. 2022. A new species of tick, Ixodes (Ixodes) mojavensis (Acari: Ixodidae), from the Amargosa Valley of California. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, Volume 13, Issue 6, 2022. Abstract

Duan D.Y., Apanaskevich D.A., Liu L., Liu G.H. and Cheng T.Y. 2022. Identification of a new species of Ixodes Latreille, 1795 (Acari: Ixodidae), parasite of hog badgers (Carnivora: Mustelidae) in China. Medical and Veterinary Entomology: 1-12. Abstract

Che Lah E.F., George E., Apanaskevich D., Ahmad M. and Yaakop S. 2022. First record of the tortoise Tick, Amblyomma geoemydae (Cantor, 1847) (Acari: Ixodidae) parasitizing a tree shrew, Tupaia glis (Scandentia: Tupaiidae) in West Malaysia. Journal of Medical Entomology: 1-6. Abstract

Barker D., Kelava S., Seeman O.D., Shao R., Seaniger J.R., Jones M.K., Apanaskevich M.A., Nakao R., Apanaskevich D.A. and Barker S.C. 2022. Rediscovery of Ixodes confusus in Australia with the first description of the male from Australia, a redescription of the female and the mitochondrial (mt) genomes of five species of Ixodes. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife 18: 1-11 751. Abstract

Barker D., Kelava S., Shao R., Seeman O.D., Jones M.K., Nakao R., Barker S.C. and Apanaskevich D.A. 2022. Description of the female, nymph and larva and mitochondrial genome, and redescription of the male of Ixodes barkeri Barker, 2019 (Acari: Ixodidae), from the short-beaked echidna, Tachyglossus aculeatus, with a consideration of the most suitable subgenus for this tick. Parasites & Vectors 15:117: 1-18 751. Abstract

Yuexun Tian, Phillip E Kaufman, Caitlin E Taylor, Lorenza Beati, Cynthia C Lord, Variable Effects of Temperature and Relative Humidity on Rhipicephalus sanguineus s.l. (Acari: Ixodidae) Development, Environmental Entomology, 2022;, nvac027, Abstract

Brown LD, Maness R, Greer K (2022) Detection of Bartonella spp. and Rickettsia spp. in cat fleas (Ctenocephalides felis) collected from free-roaming domestic cats in southeastern Georgia, USA. Veterinary Parasitology: Regional Studies and Reports.  Abstract

Journal Articles 2021

Harper LM, Huebner LK, O’Cain ED, Ruzicka R, Gleason DF, Fogarty ND. 2021. Methodological recommendations for assessing scleractinian and octocoral recruitment to settlement tiles. PeerJ9:e12549. Abstract

Ernieenor F.C.L., Apanaskevich D.A., Ernna G., Ellyncia B.B., Zain B.M.M., Mariana A. and Yaakop S. M. 2021. Morphological and molecular identification of medically important questing Dermacentor species collected from some recreational areas of Peninsular Malaysia. Systematic Parasitology 98: 731–751. Abstract

Temur A.I., Kuhn J.H., Pecor D.B., Apanaskevich D.A. and and Keshtkar-Jahromi M. 2021. Epidemiology of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) in Africa – underestimated for decades. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 104: 1978–1990. Abstract

Kimberly J. Ledger, Lorenza Beati, Samantha M. Wisely (2021) Survey of Ticks and Tick-Borne Rickettsial and Protozoan Pathogens in Eswatini. Pathogens 2021, (10(8), 1043. Abstract

Brown LD, Maness R, Hall C, Gibson JD (2021) Reactive oxygen species-mediated immunity against bacterial infection in the gut of cat fleas (Ctenocephalides felis). Insect Biochem. Mol. Biol. Abstract

Bakkes D.K., Ropiquet A., Chitimia-Dobler L., Matloa D.E., Apanaskevich D.A., Horak I.G., Mans B.J. and Matthee C.A. 2021. Adaptive radiation and speciation in Rhipicephalus ticks: a medley of novel hosts, nested predator-prey food webs, off-host periods and dispersal along temperature variation gradients. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 162: 107178: 1–23. Abstract

Apanaskevich D.A., Apanaskevich M.A., Nooma W., Ahantarig A. and Trinachartvanit W. 2021. Reinstatement of Dermacentor tricuspis (Schulze, 1933) n. comb., n. stat. (Acari: Ixodidae) as a valid species, synonymization of D. atrosignatus Neumann, 1906 and description of a new species from Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand. Systematic Parasitology 98: 207–230. Abstract

Frischer, ME, LM Lamboley, T Walters, JA Brandes, E Arneson, LE Lacy, NL Figueroa, A Rodriguez, and DM Gibson. 2021. Selective feeding and linkages to the microbial food web by the doliolid Dolioletta gegenbauri. Limnology and Oceanography. Abstract

Wang, Cydney, Erin M. Arneson, Daniel F. Gleason, and Brian M. Hopkinson. 2021. Resilience of the temperate coral Oculina arbuscula to ocean acidification extends to the physiological level. Coral Reefs 40:201-214. Abstract

Apanaskevich D.A. and Barker S.C. 2021. Dermacentor kamshadalus (Acari: Ixodidae), a tick of mountain goats and sheep in Western United States, Canada, and Russia, is a valid species. Journal of Medical Entomology 58: 499–501. Abstract

Ginsberg HS, Hickling GJ, Burke RL, Ogden NH, Beati L, LeBrun RA, et al. (2021) Why Lyme disease is common in the northern US, but rare in the south: The roles of host choice, host- seeking behavior, and tick density. PLoS Biol 19(1): e3001066. Abstract

Apanaskevich D.A. 2021. New larval host records and locality data for Nuttalliella namaqua Bedford, 1931 (Acari: Nuttalliellidae). Systematic & Applied Acarology 26: 317–319. Abstract

Maria N. Saracho Bottero, Lorenza Beati, Jose M. Venzal, Leonor Guardia, Caroline S. Thompson, Atilio J. Mangold, Alberto A. Guglielmone, Santiago Nava (2021) Ixodes silvanus n. sp. (Acari: Ixodidae), a new member of the subgenus Trichotoixodes Reznik, 1961 from northwestern Argentina. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases Volume 12, Issue 1, Article 101582. Abstract

Journal Articles 2020

Corina D. Newsome; Kory Evans; Elizabeth A. Hunter Birds versus fish: Nest flooding introduces predator-prey interactions in Georgia’s coastal marshes. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology (2020) 132 (2): 481-485. Abstract

Tirosh-Levy S., Steinman A., Einhorn A., Apanaskevich D.A., Mumcuoglu K.Y. and Gottlieb Y. 2020. Potential tick vectors for Theileria equi in Israel. Medical and Veterinary Entomology 34: 291–294. Abstract

Apanaskevich D.A. and Goodman S.M. 2020. Description of a new species of Haemaphysalis Koch, 1844 (Acari: Ixodidae) from the H. (Rhipistoma) asiatica subgroup, parasite of an endemic Malagasy carnivoran (Carnivora: Eupleridae). Systematic Parasitology 97: 591–599. Abstract

Apanaskevich D.A. and Tomlinson J.A. 2020. Description of two new species of Haemaphysalis Koch, 1844 (Acari: Ixodidae) from the H. (Rhipistoma) spinulosa subgroup, parasites of carnivores and other mammals in Africa. Systematic Parasitology 97: 601–621. Abstract

Apanaskevich D.A. and Goodman S.M. 2020. Description of three new species of Ixodes Latreille, 1795 (Acari: Ixodidae), parasites of tenrecs (Afrotheria: Tenrecidae) on Madagascar. Systematic Parasitology 97: 623–637. Abstract

NSG Tucker, ENI Weeks, L Beati, PE Kaufman (2020) Prevalence and distribution of pathogen infection and permethrin resistance in tropical and temperate populations of Rhipicephalus sanguineus s.l. collected worldwide. Medical and Veterinary Entomology (in press). Abstract

S Han, GJ Hickling, NH Ogden, HS Ginsberg, V Kobbekaduwa, EL Rulison, L Beati, JI Tsao (2020) Seasonality of acarological risk of exposure to Borrelia miyamotoi from questing life stages of Ixodes scapularis collected from Wisconsin and Massachusetts, USA. Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases (in press). Abstract

Apanaskevich D.A., Vongphayloth K., Jeangkhwoa P., Chaloemthanetphong A., Ahantarig A., Apanaskevich M.A., Brey P.T., Lakeomany K. and Trinachartvanit W. 2020. Description of a new species of Dermacentor Koch, 1844 (Acari: Ixodidae) from the mountains of Laos and Thailand. Systematic Parasitology 97: 347–355. Abstract

Gleason, Daniel F. Chapter 1. Assessments of sessile benthic invertebrate communities inside and outside the Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary Research Area, 2011- 2016. Pages 1-8. In: Roberson, K.W., P.J. Auster, S. Fangman, M. Harvey (Eds.). 2020. Review of Scientific Research in and around the Designated Research Area of Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary (NW Atlantic). Marine Sanctuaries Conservation Series ONMS-20-08. U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, Silver Spring, MD. 185 pp.

Poirson, Brittany N.* and Daniel F. Gleason. Chapter 3. Sessile invertebrate colonization on rocky outcrops at Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary. Pages 17-23. In: Roberson, K.W., P.J. Auster, S. Fangman, M. Harvey (Eds.). 2020. Review of Scientific Research in and around the Designated Research Area of Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary (NW Atlantic). Marine Sanctuaries Conservation Series ONMS-20-08. U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, Silver Spring, MD. 185 pp.

Reigel, Alicia M.* and Daniel F. Gleason. Chapter 4. The role of artificial structures in facilitating range expansion of the introduced barnacle Megabalanus coccopoma in the southeastern U.S.A. Pages 24-31. In: Roberson, K.W., P.J. Auster, S. Fangman, M. Harvey (Eds.). 2020. Review of Scientific Research in and around the Designated Research Area of Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary (NW Atlantic). Marine Sanctuaries Conservation Series ONMS-20-08. U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, Silver Spring, MD. 185 pp.

Daniel F. Gleason, Roldan C. Munoz, and Timothy P. Henkel. Chapter 7. Fish-Invertebrate associations at Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary. Pages 70-77. In: Roberson, K.W., P.J. Auster, S. Fangman, M. Harvey (Eds.). 2020. Review of Scientific Research in and around the Designated Research Area of Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary (NW Atlantic). Marine Sanctuaries Conservation Series ONMS-20-08. U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, Silver Spring, MD. 185 pp.

McBrayer, L., R.W. Orton, C. Kinsey, L. Neel. 2020. Conservation and management strategies create opportunities for integrative organismal research. Integrative and Comparative Biology, icaa069. Abstract

ME Eremeeva, D Capps, C Logan McBride, AJ Williams-Newkirk, GA Dasch, JS Salzer, L Beati, LA Durden (2020).Detection of Rickettsia asembonensis in fleas (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae, Ceratophyllidae) collected in five counties in Georgia, United States. Journal of Medical Entomology 57: 1246-1253. Abstract

MN Saracho-Bottero, J M Venzal, E L Tarragona, C S Thompson, A J Mangold, L Beati, A A Guglielmone, S Nava. The Ixodes ricinus complex (Acari: Ixodidae) in the Southern Cone of America: Ixodes pararicinus, Ixodes aragaoi, and Ixodes sp. cf. I. affinis. Parasitology Research 119: 43-54. Abstract

Apanaskevich D.A. and Schenk J.J. 2020. Description of five new species of Ixodes Latreille, 1795 (Acari: Ixodidae) and redescription of I. luxuriosus Schulze, 1935, I. steini Schulze, 1935 and I. zaglossi Kohls, 1960, parasites of marsupials, rodents and echidnas in New Guinea Island. Systematic Parasitology 97: 223–266. Abstract

Ernieenor F.C.L., Apanaskevich D.A., Ernna G. and Mariana A. 2020. Description and characterization of questing hard tick, Dermacentor steini (Acari: Ixodidae) in Malaysia based on phenotypic and genotypic traits. Experimental and Applied Acarology 80: 137–149. Abstract

Varnerin, Brianne V.; Hopkinson, Brian M.; Gleason, Daniel F. 2020. Recruits of the temperate coral Oculina arbuscula mimic adults in their resilience to ocean acidification. Marine Ecology Progress Series 636:63-75. Abstract

Tyler Cyronak, Yuichiro Takeshita, Travis A Courtney, Eric H DeCarlo, Bradley D Eyre, David I Kline, Todd Martz, Heather Page, Nichole N Price, Jennifer Smith, Laura Stoltenberg, Martin Tresguerres, Andreas J Andersson. 2020. Dial temperature and pH variability scale with depth across diverse coral reef habitats. Limnology and Oceanography Letters 5: 193-203. Abstract

Journal Articles 2019

AM Egizi, RG Robbins, L Beati, S Nava, CR Evans, J Occi, DM Fonseca (2019). A pictorial key to differentiate the recently detected exotic Haemaphysalis longicornis Neumann, 1901 (Acari, Ixodidae) from native congeners in North America. Zookeys 818:117-128. Abstract

Apanaskevich D.A. and Tomlinson J.A. 2019. Description of four new species of Haemaphysalis Koch, 1844 (Acari: Ixodidae) from the H. (Rhipistoma) spinulosa subgroup, parasites of carnivores and rodents in Africa. Systematic Parasitology 96: 625–657. Abstract

Kamani J., González-Miguel J., Mshelbwala F.M., Shekaro A. and Apanaskevich D.A. 2019. Tick (Acari: Ixodidae) infesting dogs in Nigeria: epidemiological and public health implications. Experimental and Applied Acarology 78: 231–246. Abstract

Duff, J. A., Aslan, A., and R. A. Cohen. 2019. Land use and environmental variables influence tetracycline-resistant bacteria occurrence in southeastern coastal plain streams. Journal of Environmental Quality. Abstract

T De Meeûs, CT Chan, JM Ludwig, JI Tsao, J Patel, J Bhagatwala, L Beati (2019). Deceptive combined effects of short allele dominance and stuttering: an example with Ixodes scapularis, the main vector of Lyme disease in the U.S.A. Peer Community in Evolutionary Biology. Abstract

A. Lehane, C Parise, C Evans, L Beati, WL Nicholson, RJ Eisen (2019). Reported county-level distribution of the American dog tick (Acari: Ixodidae0 in the contiguous United States. Journal of Medical Entomology 57: 131-155. Abstract

Apanaskevich D.A., Chaloemthanetphong A., Vongphayloth K., Ahantarig A., Apanaskevich M.A., Brey P.T., Hertz J.C., Lakeomany K., Sutherland I.W. and Trinachartvanit W. 2019. Description of a new species ofDermacentor Koch, 1844 (Acari: Ixodidae) from Laos and Thailand. Systematic Parasitology 96: 475–484. Abstract

Tomlinson J.A. and Apanaskevich D.A. 2019. Two new species of Haemaphysalis Koch, 1844 (Acari: Ixodidae) in the H. (Rhipistoma) spinulosa subgroup, parasites of carnivores and hedgehogs in Africa. Systematic Parasitology 96: 485–509. Abstract

J Delgado-de la Mora, S Sánchez-Montes, JD Licona-Enríquez, D Delagdo-de la Mora, CD Paddock, L Beati, P Colunga-Salas, C Guzmán-Cornejo, ML Zambrano, SE Karpathy, AM López-Pérez, G Álvarez-Hernández (2019). Rickettsia parkeri and Candidatus Rickettsia andeanae in ticks of the Amblyomma maculatum group, Mexico. EID 25: 836-838.. Abstract

Egizi AM, Robbins RG, Beati L, Nava S, Evans CR, Occi JL, Fonseca DM (2019) A pictorial key to differentiate the recently detected exotic Haemaphysalis longicornis Neumann, 1901 (Acari, Ixodidae) from native congeners in North America. ZooKeys 818: 117-128. Abstract

Blair P.W., Kuhn J.H., Pecor D.B., Apanaskevich D.A., Kortepeter M.G., Cardile A.P., Ramos A.P. and Keshtkar-Jahromi M. 2019. An emerging biothreat: Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus in Southern and Western Asia. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 100: 16–23. Abstract

Elijah D. O’Cain, Marc E. Frischer, J. Scott Harrison, Tina L. Walters, Megan E. Thompson, Nicole D. Fogarty, Rob Ruzicka, and Daniel F. Gleason. 2019. Identification of newly-settled Caribbean coral recruits by ITS-targeted Single Step Nested Multiplex PCR. Coral Reefs. Abstract

L Beati and H Klompen (2019). Phylogeography of Ticks (Acari: Ixodida). Annual Reviews of Entomology 64(1). Abstract

Journal Articles 2018

Tirosh-Levy S., Gottlieb Y., Apanaskevich D.A., Mumcuoglu K.Y. and Steinman A. 2018. Species distribution and seasonal dynamics of equine tick infestation in two Mediterranean climate niches in Israel. Parasites & Vectors 11(546): 1–10. Abstract

Apanaskevich D.A. and Apanaskevich M.A. 2018. Description of a new species of Amblyomma Koch, 1844 (Acari: Ixodidae), parasite of deer (Artiodactyla: Cervidae) and wild pigs (Artiodactyla: Suidae) in the Philippines. Systematic Parasitology 95: 415–425. Abstract

Apanaskevich, D.A. & Lemon, H.E. (2018). Description of a new species of Ixodes Latreille, 1795 (Acari: Ixodidae) and redescription of I. priscicollaris Schulze, 1932, parasites of New Guinea rodents (Rodentia: Muridae). Systematic Parasitology 95: 373–382. Abstract

Gleason, Daniel F., Leslie R. Harbin, Lauren M. Divine and Kenan O. Matterson. (2018). The role of larval supply and competition in controlling recruitment of the temperate coral Oculina arbuscula. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 506:107-114. Full Text

N Ogden, GC Pang, HS Ginsberg, GJ Hickling, R Burke, L Beati, JI Tsao (2018). Evidence for geographic variation in life-cycle processes affecting phenology of the Lyme Disease vector Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) in the United States. Journal of Medical Entomology 55 (6): 1386-1401. Abstract

Nava, S., Beati, L., Venzal, J.M., Labruna, M.B., Szabó, MP, Petney, T.N., Saracho-Bottero, M.N., Tarragona, E.L., Dantas-Torres, F., Santos-Silva, M.M., Mangold, A.J., Guglielmone, A.A., Estrada-Peña, A. (2018). Rhipicephalus sanguineus (Latreille, 1806): Neotype designation, morphological re-description of all parasitic stages and molecular characterization. Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases 9 (6): 1573-1585. Abstract

Neel LK, McBrayer LD. Habitat management alters thermal opportunity. Funct Ecol. 2018;00:1–11. Abstract

P Lado, S Nava, L Mendoza-Uribe, AG Caceres, J Delgado-de la Mora, JD Licona-Enriquez, D Delgado-de la Mora, MB Labruna, LA Durden, MEJ Allerdice, CD Paddock, MPJ Szabó, JM Venzal, AA Guglielmone, L Beati (2018). The Amblyomma maculatum Koch, 1844 (Acari: Ixodidae) group of ticks: phenotypic plasticity or incipient speciation?Parasites & Vectors11:610. Abstract

Tomlinson, J.A., Horak, I.G. & Apanaskevich, D.A. Syst Parasitol (2018). Identity of Haemaphysalis (Rhipistoma) muhsamaeSantos Dias, 1954 (Acari: Ixodidae) and H. (R.) subterra Hoogstraal, El Kammah & Camicas, 1992, parasites of carnivores and rodents in eastern and southern Africa. Abstract

Vongphayloth K., Hertz J.C., Lakeomany K., Apanaskevich D.A., Robbins R.G., Sutherland I.W. and Brey P.T. 2018. The genus Dermacentor (Acari: Ixodidae) in Laos: a review and update of species records. Journal of Medical Entomology 55: 1047–1050. Full Text

Vongphayloth K., Douangboubpha B., Sanamxay D., Xayaphet V., Robbins R.G., Apanaskevich D.A., Sutherland I.W. and Brey P.T. 2018. New locality records of Ixodes granulatus and Ixodes vespertilionis (Acari: Ixodidae) from tree-shrews (Scandentia: Tupaiidae) and bats (Chiroptera: Hipposideridae) in Laos. Journal of Medical Entomology 55: 1035–1039. Abstract

Journal Articles 2017

Allerdice, M.A.J., Beati, L., Yaglom, H., Lash, R.R., Delgado de la Mora, J., Licona, J.D., Delgado de la Mora, D., & Paddock, C.D. (2017). Rickettsia parkeri (Rickettsiales: Rickettsiaceae) detected in ticks of the Amblyomma maculatum (Acari: Ixodidae) group collected from multiple locations in southern Arizona. Journal of Medical Entomology 54 (6): 1-5 Full Text

Apanaskevich D.A. & Bermúdez S.E. (2017). Description of a new species of Ixodes Latreille, 1795 (Acari: Ixodidae) and redescription of I. lasallei Méndez & Ortiz, 1958, parasites of agoutis and pacas (Rodentia: Dasyproctidae, Cuniculidae) in Central and South America. Systematic Parasitology 94: 463–475. Abstract

Apanaskevich D.A., Domínguez L.G., Torres S.S., Bernal J.A., Montenegro V.M. & Bermúdez S.E. (2017). First description of the male and redescription of the female of Ixodes tapirus Kohls, 1956 (Acari: Ixodidae), a parasite of tapirs (Perissodactyla: Tapiridae) from the mountains of Colombia, Costa Rica and Panama. Systematic Parasitology 94: 413–422. Abstract

Azagi T., Klement E., Perlman G., Lustig Y., Mumcuoglu K.Y., Apanaskevich D.A. & Gottlieb Y. (2017). Francisella-like endosymbionts and Rickettsia species in local and imported Hyalomma ticks. Applied and Environmental Microbiology September 2017 83: e01303-17. Full Text

Diyes G.C.P., Apanaskevich D.A. & Rajakaruna R.S. (2017). Lifecycle of Rhipicephalus haemaphysaloidesunder laboratory conditions. Medical and Veterinary Entomology 31: 327–332. Full Text

Gern, L., Beati, L. A charismatic figure has left us: A tribute to Professor André Aeschlimann (1929–2016). Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases 8 (4): 675-676. Full Text

Hornok, S., Sándor, A.D., Beck, R., Farkas, R., Beati, L., Kontschán, J., Takács, N., Földvári1, G., Silaghi, C., Meyer-Kayser, E., Hodžić, A., Tomanović, S., Abdullah, S., Wall, R., Estrada-Peña, A., Duscher, & G.G., Plantard, O. (2017). Contributions to the phylogeny of Ixodes(Pholeoixodes) canisuga, I. (Ph.) kaiseri, I. (Ph.) hexagonus and a simple pictorial key for the identification of their females. Parasites & Vectors 10 (1). Full Text

Kamani J., Apanaskevich D.A., Gutiérrez R., Nachum-Biala Y., Baneth G. and Harrus S. 2017. Morphological and molecular identification of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus in Nigeria, West Africa: a threat to livestock health. Experimental and Applied Acarology 73: 283–296. Abstract

Karim S., Budachetri K., Mukherjee N., Williams J., Kausar A., Hassan M.J., Adamson S., Dowd S.E., Apanaskevich D., Arijo A., Sindhu Z.U., Kakar M.A., Khan R.M.D., Ullah S., Sajid M.S., Ali A. & Iqbal Z. (2017). A study of ticks and tick-borne livestock pathogens in Pakistan. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 11 (6): e0005681. Full Text

Oliver, J.D., Bennet, S.W., Beati, L., & Bartholomay, L.C. (2017). Range expansion and increasing Borrelia burgdorferi infection of the tick Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) in Iowa, 1990–2013. Journal of Medical Entomology, 1-8. Full Text

Rakotomanga M.N., Goodman S.M., Soarimalala V., Boyer S. & Apanaskevich D. (2017). Les tiques dures (Acari : Ixodidae) ectoparasites de micromammifères non-volants dans la forêt d’Ambohitantely, Madagascar. Malagasy Nature 12: 59–67. Full Text

Sands A.F., Apanaskevich D.A., Matthee S., Horak I.G., Harrison A., Karim S., Mohammad M.K., Mumcuoglu K.Y., Rajakaruna R.S., Santos-Silva M.M. & Matthee C.A. (2017). Effects of tectonics and large scale climatic changes on the evolutionary history of Hyalomma ticks. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 114: 153–165. Full Text

Sands A.F., Apanaskevich D.A., Matthee S., Horak I.G. & Matthee C.A. (2017). The effect of host vicariance and parasite life history on the dispersal of the multi-host ectoparasite, Hyalomma truncatum. Journal of Biogeography 44: 1124–1136. Full Text

Journal Articles 2016

Apanaskevich, D.A., Bandaranayaka, K.O., Apanaskevich, M.A., & Rajakaruna, R.S. (2016). Redescription of Amblyomma integrum adults and immature stages. Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 30:330-341. Full Text

Apanaskevich, D.A. (2016). First description of the nymph and larva of Dermacentor compactus Neumann, 1901 (Acari: Ixodidae), parasites of squirrels (Rodentia: Sciuridae) in southeast Asia. Systematic Parasitology, 93:355–365. Abstract

Apanaskevich, D.A., & Apanaskevich, M.A. (2016). Description of two new species of Dermacentor Koch, 1844 (Acari: Ixodidae) from Oriental Asia. Systematic Parasitology, 93:159–171. Abstract

Ariyarathne, S., Apanaskevich, D.A., Amarasinghe, P.H., & Rajakaruna, R.S. (2016). Diversity and distribution of tick species (Acari: Ixodidae) associated with human otoacariasis and socio-ecological risk factors of tick infestations in Sri Lanka. Experimental and Applied Acarology, 70:99-123. Abstract

Bandaranayaka, K.O., Apanaskevich, D.A., & Rajakaruna, R.S. (2016). Life cycle of Amblyomma integrum (Acari: Ixodidae) under laboratory conditions. Experimental and Applied Acarology, 69:335-345. Abstract

Bandaranayaka, K.O., Apanaskevich, D.A., & Rajakaruna, R.S. (2016). Life cycle of Nosomma monstrosum (Acari: Ixodidae) under laboratory conditions. Experimental and Applied Acarology, 69:97-106. Abstract

Dunlop, J.A., Apanaskevich, D.A., Lehmann, J., Hoffmann, R., Fusseis, F., Ehlke, M., Zachow S., & Xiao, X. (2016). Microtomography of the Baltic amber tick Ixodes succineus reveals affinities with the modern Asian disease vector Ixodes ovatus. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 16(203):1–8. Full Text

Ereqat, S., Nasereddin, A., Al-Jawabreh, A., Azmi, K., Harrus, S., Mumcuoglu, K., Apanaskevich. D., & Abdeen, Z. (2016). Molecular detection and identification of spotted fever group rickettsiae in ticks collected from the West Bank, Palestinian Territories. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 10:1–11. Full Text

Loftis, A.D., Kelly, P.J., Paddock, C.D., Blount, K., Johnson, J.W., Gleim, E.R., Yabsley, M.J., Levin, M.L., & Beati, L.  (2016). Panola Mountain Ehrlichia in Amblyomma maculatum from the United States and Amblyomma variegatum from the Caribbean and Africa. Journal of Medical Entomology. Abstract

Lado, P., Nava, S., Labruna, M.B., Szabo, M.P.J., Durden, L.A., Bermudez, S., Montagna, M., Sánchez Quirós, A.C., & Beati, L. (in press). Amblyomma parvum Aragão, 1908 (Acari: Ixodidae): Phylogeography and systematic considerations. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases 7 (5):817-827. Full Text

Nava, S., Gerardi, M., Szabó, MPJ, Mastropaolo, M., Martins, TF, Labruna, MB, Beati, L., Estrada-Peña, A., Guglielmone, AA (2016). Different lines of evidence used to delimit species in ticks: A study of the South American populations of Amblyomma parvum (Acari: Ixodidae). Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, 7 (6): 1168-1179. Abstract

Rodríguez-Vivas, R.I., Apanaskevich D.A., Ojeda-Chi, M.M., Trinidad-Martínez, I., Reyes-Novelo, E., Esteve-Gassent, M.D., & Pérez de León, A.A. (2016). Ticks collected from humans, domestic animals, and wildlife in Yucatan, Mexico. Veterinary Parasitology, 215:106–113. Full Text

Schuh, A. J., Amman, B. R., Apanaskevich, D. A., Sealy, T. K., Nichol, S. T., & Towner, J. S. (2016). No evidence for the involvement of the argasid tick Ornithodoros faini in the enzootic maintenance of marburgvirus within Egyptian rousette bats Rousettus aegyptiacus. Parasites & Vectors, 9 (128), 1-3. Full Text

Springer, Y.P, Hoekman, D., Johnson, P.T.J., Duffy, P.A., Hufft, R.A., Barnett, D.T., Allan, B.F., Amman, B.R., Barker, C.M., Barrera, R., Beard, C.B., Beati, L., Begon, M., Blackmore, M.S., Bradshaw, W.E., Brisson, D., Calisher, C.H., Childs, J.E., Diuk-Wasser, M.A., Douglass, R.J., Eisen, R.J., Foley, D.H., Foley, J.E., Gaff, H.D., Gardner, S.L., Ginsberg, H.S., Glass, G.E., Hamer, S.A., Hayden, M.H., Hjelle, B., Holzapfel, C.M., Juliano, S.A., Kramer, L.D., Kuenzi, A.J., LaDeau, S.L., Livdahl, T.P., Mills, J.N., Moore, C.G., Morand, S., Nasci, R.S., Ogden, N.H., Ostfeld, R.S., Parmenter, R.R., Piesman, J., Reisen, W.K., Savage, H.M., Sonenshine, D.E., Swei, A., & Yabsley, M.J. (2016). Tick-, mosquito-, and rodent-borne parasite sampling designs for the National Ecological Observatory Network. Ecosphere 7(5):e01271. 10.1002/ecs2.1271 Full Text

Stefaniak, L.M., & Heupel, J.  (2016).  Alternative menthol sources for ascidian relaxation.  Management of Biological Invasions (in press). Full Text

Zemtsova, G.E., Apanaskevich, D.A., Reeves, W.K., Hahn, M., Snellgrove, A., & Levin M.L. (2016). Phylogeography of Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato and its relationships with climatic factors. Experimental and Applied Acarology, 69:191–203. Abstract

Journal Articles 2015

Apanaskevich, M.A., & Apanaskevich, D.A. (2015). Description of new Dermacentor (Acari: Ixodidae) species from Malaysia and Vietnam. Journal of Medical Entomology, 52:156–162. Full Text

Apanaskevich, D.A., & Apanaskevich, M.A. (2015). Description of a new Dermacentor (Acari: Ixodidae) species from Thailand and Vietnam. Journal of Medical Entomology, 52:806–812. Full Text

Apanaskevich, M.A., & Apanaskevich, D.A. (2015). Reinstatement of Dermacentor bellulus (Acari: Ixodidae) as a valid species previously confused with D. taiwanensis and comparison of all parasitic stages. Journal of Medical Entomology, 52:573–595. Full Text

Bermúdez, S.E., Lady Mejía, C., Ligia Hernández, B., & Apanaskevich, D.A. (2015). First record of Ixodes boliviensis Neumann, 1904 and Dermacentor dissimilis Cooley, 1947 (Ixodida: Ixodidae) as parasites of domestic mammals in Nicaragua. Systematic and Applied Acarology, 20:462–464. Full Text

Durden, L.A., Knapp, C.R., Beati, L., & Dold, S.  (2015). Reptile-associated ticks from Dominica and the Bahamas with notes on hyperparasitic erythrhraeid mites. The Journal of Parasitology 101 (1): 24-27. Abstract

Harrison, A., Robb, G.N., Alagaili, A.N., Hastriter, M.W., Apanaskevich, D.A., Ueckermann, E.A., & Bennett, N.C. (2015). Ectoparasite fauna of rodents collected from two wildlife research centers in Saudi Arabia with discussion on the implications for disease transmission. Acta Tropica, 147:1–5. Full Text

Hernández, A.S., Rodríguez Vivas, R.I., Pérez Barreta, M.A., Esteve Gassent, M.D., & Apanaskevich D.A. (2015). Ixodes affinis (Acari: Ixodidae) in dogs from rural localities of Yucatan, Mexico: prevalence, abundance and associated factors. Veterinaria México, 2:1–9. Abstract

Kamani, J., Baneth, G., Apanaskevich, D.A., Mumcuoglu, K.Y., & Harrus, S. (2015). Molecular detection of Rickettsia aeschlimannii in Hyalomma spp. ticks from camels (Camelus dromedarius) in Nigeria, West Africa. Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 29:205–209. Full Text

Nava, S., Estrada-Peña, A., Petney, T., Beati, L., Labruna, M.B., Szabó, M.P.J., Venzal, J.M., Mastropaolo, M., Mangold, A.J., & Guglielmone, A.A. (2015). The taxonomic status of Rhipicephalus sanguineus (Latreille, 1806). Veterinary Parasitology 28 (1-2): 2-8 Full Text

Reigel, A. M., Harrison, J. S., & Gleason, D. F. (2015). Tetranucleotide microsatellites for the barnacle Megabalanus coccopoma (Darwin, 1854). Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, 62:159-163. Full Text

Van Treuren, W.,  Ponnusamy, L.,  Brinkerhoff, R.J., Gonzalez, A., Parobek, C.M., Juliano, J.J., Andreadis, T.G., Falco, R.C., Beati Ziegler, L., Hathaway, N., Keeler, C., Emch, M., Bailey, J.A., Roe, R.M., Apperson, C.S., Knight, R., & Meshnick, S.R. (2015) Variation in the microbiota of Ixodes ticks with regard to geography, species, and sex. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 81: 6200-6209. Full Text

Journal Articles 2014

Apanaskevich, D.A., Duan, W., Apanaskevich, M.A., Filippova, N.A., & Chenn J. (2014). Redescription of Dermacentor everestianus Hirst (Acari: Ixodidae), a parasite of mammals in mountains of China and Nepal with synonymization of D. abaensis Teng and D. birulai Olenev. Journal of Parasitology, 100:268–278. Full Text

Lubelczyk, C., Lacombe, E.H., Elias, S.P., Beati, L., & Rand, P.W.  (2014). Parasitism of mustelids by ixodid ticks (Acari:Ixodidae), Maine and New Hampshire, U.S.A. Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases 5(4): 432-435. Full Text

Mukherjee, N., Beati, L., Sellers, M., Burton, L., Adamson, S., Robbins, R., Moore, F., & Karim, S. (2014) Importation of exotic ticks and tick-borne spotted fever group rickettsia into the United States by migrating songbirds. Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases 5(2): 127-134. Full Text

Nava, S., Beati, L., Dunlop, J., & Guglielmone, A.A.  (2014). Reestablishment of Amblyomma tenellum Koch, 1844 (Acari: Ixodidae) Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases 5(6): 620-623.  Full Text

Nava, S., Beati, L., Labruna, M.B., Cáceres, A.G., Mangold, A.J., & Guglielmone, A.A. (2014). Reassessment of the taxonomic status of Amblyomma cajennense (Fabricius, 1787) with the description of three new species, Amblyomma tonelliae n. sp., Amblyomma interandinum n. sp. and Amblyomma patinoi n. sp., and resurrection of Amblyomma mixtum Koch, 1844 and Amblyomma sculptum Berlese, 1888 (Ixodida: Ixodidae). Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases 5(3):252-276. Full Text

Robbins, R.G., Lazukina, I., Apanaskevich, D.A., & Carpenter, T.L. (2014). An annotated list of source publication citations for Russian-language papers on ticks and tick-borne diseases translated under the direction of Harry Hoogstraal, ca. 1967-1986. Systematic & Applied Acarology, 19:1–43. Abstract

Springer, Y.P., Eisen, L., Beati, L., James, A.M., & Eisen, R.J. (2014). Spatial distribution of counties in the continental United States with records of occurrence of Amblyomma americanum (L.). Journal of Medical Entomology 51(2):342-351. Full Text

Stefaniak, L.M., Auster, P. J., & Babb, I. G. (2014). Loss of an erect sponge on a rock reef in Long Island Sound (north-west Atlantic). Marine Biodiversity Records, 7(E115):1-6. Full Text

Stefaniak, L.M., & Whitlatch, R. B. (2014). Life history attributes of a global invader: Factors contributing to the invasion potential of Didemnum vexillum. Aquatic Biology, 21:221-229. Full Text

Journal Articles 2013

Apanaskevich, D.A., Soarimalala, V., & Goodman, S.M. (2013). A new Ixodes species (Acari: Ixodidae), parasite of shrew tenrecs (Afrosoricida: Tenrecidae) in Madagascar. Journal of Parasitology, 99:970–972. Full Text

Apanaskevich, D.A., & Bermúdez, S.E. (2013). Description of a new Dermacentor (Acari: Ixodidae) species, a parasite of wild mammals in Central America. Journal of Medical Entomology, 50:1190–1201. Full Text

Apanaskevich D.A.  (2013). First description of the nymph and larva of Dermacentor raskemensis (Acari: Ixodidae), parasites of pikas and other small mammals in Central Asia. Journal of Medical Entomology, 50:959–964. Full Text

Beati, L., Nava, S., Burkman, E.J., Barros-Battesti, D., Labruna, M.B., Guglielmone, A.A., Cáceres, A.G., Guzmán-Cornejo, C., Léon, R., Durden, L.A., & Faccini, J.L.H. (2013). Amblyomma cajennense (Fabricius, 1787) (Acari: Ixodidae), the Cayenne tick: phylogeography and evidence for allopatric speciation. BMC Evolutionary Biology 13:267. Full Text

Cangi, N., Horak, I.G., Apanaskevich, D.A., Matthee, S., Neves, L.C.B.G., Estrada-Peña, A., & Matthee, C.A.  (2013). The influence of interspecific competition and host preference on the phylogeography of two African ixodid tick species. Plos One, 8:1–12. Full Text

Kleinerman, G., Baneth, G., Mumcuoglu, K.Y., van Straten, M., Berlin, D., Apanaskevich, D.A., Abdeen, Z., Nasereddin, A., & Harrus, S.  (2013).  Molecular detection of Rickettsia africae, Rickettsia aeschlimannii, and Rickettsia sibirica mongolitimonae in camels and Hyalomma spp. ticks from Israel. Vector-borne and Zoonotic Diseases, 13:851–856. Abstract

MB Blanco, MA Elfawal, LA Durden, L Beati, G Xu, LR Godfrey, SM Rich (2013). Genetic diversity of ixodid ticks parasitizing eastern mouse and dwarf lemurs in Madagascar, with descriptions of the larva, nymph and male of Ixodes lemuris (Acari: Ixodidae). The Journal of Parasitology 99:11-18. Abstract

M Dietrich, L Beati, E Elquero, T Boulinier, K McCoy (2013). Body size and shape evolution in host races of the tick Ixodes uriae. The Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 108 (2):: 323-334. Abstract

Blogs 2015

Evans, C. (2015, October 10). Managing Unmanaged Collections: In Which One Must Wear Many Hats. [Web log post]. Retrieved from https://crackingthecollections.wordpress.com/2015/10/10/managing-unmanaged-collections-in-which-one-must-wear-many-hats/   

Book Chapters 2013

LA Durden, L Beati (2013). Modern Tick Systematics. In: Biology of Ticks (2nd edition); D.E. Sonenshine and R.M. Roe (eds) Oxford University Press in New York City, New York, USA

Book Chapters 2016

DM Barros-Battesti, KM Famadas, FA Nieri-Bastos, L Beati. Glossario de terminologias. In: Carrapatos de importància mèdico-veterinària da Região Neotropical: um guia ilustrado para identifição de espècies. DM Barros-Battesti, M Arzua, and GH Bechara (eds.), Vox/ICTTD-3/Butantan, São Paulo, Brazil, 2006, 223pp. (ISBN:85-99909-01-0).

Book Chapters 1998

DJ Sexton, EB Breitschwerdt, L Beati, D Raoult. Epidemic and murine typhus. In: Zoonoses (S.R. Palmer, Lord Soulsby, D.J.H. Simpson eds) Oxford Medical Publications, Oxford, 1998.

L Beati, D Raoult. Mediterranean spotted fever and other spotted fever group rickettsiae. In: Zoonoses (S.R. Palmer, Lord Soulsby, D.J.H. Simpson eds) Oxford Medical Publications, Oxford, 1998.

L Beati, D Raoult, DJ Sexton, EB Breitschwerdt. Scrub typhus. In: Zoonoses (S.R. Palmer, Lord Soulsby, D.J.H. Simpson eds) Oxford Medical Publications, Oxford, 1998.

Interviews 2015

Evans, C. (2015, October 30). Georgia Southern University National Tick Collection moving to a new building [Interview]. Savannah, GA: WTOC. http://www.wtoc.com/clip/11960829/gsu-tick-collection-moving-to-new-building

Theses & Defense 2014-2018

An Investigation into the Physiological Impacts of Ocean Acidification on Recruits of the Temperate Coral, Oculina arbuscula, Brianne Varnerin (2018). Full Text

Development of a Molecular Assay for Caribbean Coral Identification, Elijah D. O’Cain (2017). Full Text

The Effects of Urbanization on Host Populations and parasite Communities in Coastal Georgia Salt Marshes, James Alfieri (2016). Full Text

The Effects of Thermal Opportunity and Habitat on Physiological Performance in Ecologically Distinct Populations of the Florida Scrub Lizard Sceloporus woodi, Lauren K. Neel (2016). Full Text

The Role of Artificial Structures in Facilitating Range Expansion of the Introduced Barnacle Megabalanus Coccopoma in the Southeastern U.S.A., Alicia M. Reigel (2015). Full Text

Sessile Invertebrate Colonization on Rocky Outcrops at Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary, Brittany Poirson (2014). Full Text

Videos 2015

Georgia Southern University National Tick Collection Moving to a New Building. 2015.  October 30, 2015. Retrieved from http://www.wtoc.com/clip/11960829/gsu-tick-collection-moving-to-new-building

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