Questing and host-feeding hard ticks collected from different locations in Slovakia

All the ticks clustered in the Rhipicephalus sp. IIa mitochondrial “temperate” lineage, which contains geographically similar ticks from the mid- and western Mediterranean regions. 3) Ticks were sampled in south-east Slovakia near the Drienovec village from migratory birds. 4) Questing D. reticulatus ticks collected from different locations in Slovakia. 5 & 6) Questing ticks were collected by standardized flagging method to study population structure of B. lusitaniae.