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===Important UK hard ticks===
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===Important overseas hard ticks===
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===Important overseas soft ticks===
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''Argas spp.''
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*Warmer climates worldwide
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*Mainly an avian parasite but will also attack humans
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*E.g. ''A. persicus'', the poultry tick, contributes to production losses in the poultry industry and also feeds on migratory birds in temperate climates
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''Ornithodoros spp.''
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*Warmer climates worldwide
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*Found in primitive housing and sandy soil
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*Vectors for relapsing fever in humans caused by ''Borrelia spp.''
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*Vectors for [[Asfarviridae|African swine fever]]
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''Otobius spp.''
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*Warmer climates worldwide
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*Inhabits the ears of cats and dogs
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*Also referred to as the 'spinose ear tick'
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*Can predispose animals to secondary myiasis
       
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