Recent discovery of widespread Ixodes affinis

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Ixodes affinis, which is similar morphologically to Ixodes
scapularis, is widely distributed in North Carolina. Collections
have documented this species in 32 of
41 coastal plain counties, but no piedmont or mountain counties.
This coastal plain distribution is similar to its distribution in
Georgia and South Carolina, where it is considered an enzootic
vector of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto.
An updated list of hosts for I. affinis in the U.S.A. is
included, increasing the number to 15 mammal and one bird
species. The presence of questing adults of I. affinis from April
to November reinforces the need for confirmed identifications of
suspected tick vectors of Borrelia spirochetes collected during
warm months.