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Table 1 The species, collection sites, climatic zone and the accession numbers of their ITS2 fragment

From: Molecular characterization of Ribosomal DNA (ITS2) of hard ticks in Iran: understanding the conspecificity of Dermacentor marginatus and D. niveus

Species

Location

Climatic zone

Accession no

Collected samples

n

%

Dermacentor marginatus

Kerman

Tropical/Desert

KJ004032

980

79.7

Meshkin-Shahr

Mediterranean/mountainous

KJ004037

Meshkin-Shahr

Mediterranean/mountainous

KJ004039

Dermacentor niveus

Meshkin-Shahr

Mediterranean/mountainous

KJ004041

11

0.9

Kerman

Tropical/desert

KJ004042

Rhipicephalus sanguineus s.l

Tehran

Subtropical/plain

KJ004033

18

1.5

Kurdistan

Mediterranean/mountainous

KJ004036

Meshkin-Shahr

Mediterranean/mountainous

KJ004038

Rhipicephalus bursa

Meshkin-Shahr

Mediterranean/mountainous

KJ004035

195

15.9

Hyalomma anatolicum

Tehran

Subtropical/plain

KJ004034

25

2.0

Isfahan

Subtropical/plain

KJ004040

Total

1229

100