A history of the introduction, establishment, dispersal and management of Haemaphysalis longicornis Neumann, 1901 (Ixodida: Ixodidae) in New Zealand

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Figure 1. Cover of Myers’ (1924) classic study of the New Zealand cattle tick. Photo: A.C.G Heath

Figure 2. Change of distribution of Haemaphysalis longicornis with time. Black areas indicate high risk and grey low risk. In the 1924 map the black area corresponds to Area A, and the grey to Area B, as originally designated in the cattle tick regulations (Cattle-tick regulations … 1922). Reproduced with permission. Published in Veterinary Parasitology, volume 243. Lawrence KE, Summers SR, Heath ACG, McFadden AMJ, Pulford DJ, Tait AB, Pomroy WE. Using a rule-based envelope model to predict the expansion of habitat suitability within New Zealand for the tick Haemaphysalis longicornis, with future projections based on two climate change scenarios. pp. 226–234. Copyright Elsevier (2017).

Myers JG. 1924. The cattle-tick (Haemaphysalis bispinosa) investigations during 1923–24. New Zealand Department of Agriculture Bulletin No. 116:1–105.

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Cattle-tick regulations. 1922. Cattle-tick regulations. New Zealand Journal of Agriculture. 24:188–191. See also: The New Zealand Gazette, no. 10, 16 February 1922, 470–473.

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