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New records of the blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) in
Minnesota.

Sanders KD, Guilfoile PG.

Department of Biology, Bemidji State University, Bemidji, MN 56601, USA.

The Minnesota distribution of the blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis, was
studied during 1998 and 1999. The majority of tick collecting was done by
grouse hunters, who sent in specimens collected during the fall of 1998 and
1999. I. scapularis specimens were received from 17 counties, including eight
counties in northern and central Minnesota that previously had no reports of I.
scapularis. This brings the number of Minnesota counties with reported
populations of I. scapularis to 30, mostly in the east-central, central, and
northern parts of the state.

PMID: 11217214 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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