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Table 2 Tabular overview of 33 ticks additionally identified by COI molecular typing

From: Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time of flight mass spectrometry for comprehensive indexing of East African ixodid tick species

   

Morphological identification

BOLD identification

GenBank identification

 

Tick ID

COI gene length [bp]

Origin

Species ID

Species ID (Identity)

Species ID (Accession Nr.)

Identity

154

711

Field

A. gemma

A. gemma (99.80 %)

no reliabe ID

 

183

688

Field

A. gemma

A. gemma (100 %)

no reliabe ID

 

32

687

Field

A. hebraeum

A. gemma (100 %)

no reliabe ID

 

109

686

Field

A. hebraeum

A. gemma (99.70 %)

no reliabe ID

 

36

692

Lab

A. variegatum

A. variegatum (100 %)

A. variegatum (GU062743.1)

97 %

86

651a

Field

A. variegatum

A. variegatum (99.70 %)

A. variegatum (GU062743.1)

99 %

242

702

Lab

A. variegatum

A. variegatum (100 %)

A. variegatum (GU062743.1)

97 %

27

688

Field

H. dromedarii

H. dromedarii (100 %)

H. dromedarii (AJ437071.1)

99 %

74

688

Field

H. dromedarii

H. dromedarii (100 %)

H. dromedarii (AJ437061.1)

99 %

118

680

Field

H. dromedarii

H. dromedarii (100 %)

H. dromedarii (AJ437071.1)

99 %

34

688

Lab

H. sp.

H. dromedarii (100 %)

H. dromedarii (AJ437061.1)

99 %

112

686

Lab

H. sp.

H. dromedarii (100 %)

H. dromedarii (AJ437061.1)

99 %

194

680

Lab

H. sp.

H. dromedarii (100 %)

H. dromedarii (AJ437061.1)

99 %

207

686

Lab

H. sp.

H. dromedarii (100 %)

H. dromedarii (AJ437061.1)

99 %

139

689

Field

H. m. rufipes

H. m. rufipes (99.84 %)

H. m. rufipes (AJ437100.1)

99 %

     

H. truncatum (AJ437088.1)

99 %

359

688

Field

H. m. rufipes

H. m. rufipes (99.12 %)

H. m. rufipes (AJ437095.1)

99 %

72

684

Field

H. truncatum

H. truncatum (99 %)

H. truncatum (AJ437084.1)

97 %

361

555a

Field

H. truncatum

H. truncatum (98 %)

H. truncatum (AJ437084.1)

97 %

38

693

Lab (Kiambu)

R. appendiculatus

R. appendiculatus (99.50 %)

R. appendiculatus (AF132833.1)

97 %

121

687

Lab (Muguga)

R. appendiculatus

R. appendiculatus (99.50 %)

R. appendiculatus (AF132833.1)

98 %

198

679

Lab (Muguga)

R. appendiculatus

R. appendiculatus (99.50 %)

R. appendiculatus (AF132833.1)

98 %

225

687

Field

R. appendiculatus

R. appendiculatus (99.85 %)

R. appendiculatus (AF132833.1)

99 %

146

673

Field

R. (B.) decoloratus

R. (B.) decoloratus (100 %)

R. (B.) decoloratus (AF132826.1)

99 %

278

690

Lab

R. (B.) decoloratus

R. (B.) decoloratus (99.85 %)

R. (B.) decoloratus (AF132826.1)

99 %

165

585a

Lab

R. (B.) microplus

R. (B.) microplus (100 %)

R. (B.) microplus (KC503261.1)

100 %

377

689

Field

R. (B.) microplus

R. (B.) microplus (100 %)

R. (B.) microplus (KC503261.1)

99 %

170

694

Field

R. evertsi evertsi

R. evertsi evertsi (100 %)

R. evertsi evertsi (AF132835.1)

98 %

275

688

Lab

R. evertsi evertsi

R. evertsi evertsi (100 %)

R. evertsi evertsi (AF132835.1)

98 %

370

688

Field

R. praetextatus

no reliabe ID

no reliabe ID

 

396

702

Field

R. praetextatus

no reliabe ID

no reliabe ID

 

397

702

Field

R. pulchellus

R. pulchellus (98 %)

R. pulchellus (AY008682.1)

99 %

29

701

Field

R. simus

no reliabe ID

no reliabe ID

 

115

690

Field

R. simus

no reliabe ID

no reliabe ID

 
  1. ano consensus sequence
  2. Marked in bold: Ticks later used for SSp. design
  3. No reliable ID: Identity with top match < 97 %