1 Department of Comparative Zoology, Institute of Evolution and Ecology, University of Tübingen, 72076, Tübingen, Germany.
2 Department of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon.
3 Epidemiology, Parasites and Vectors, Agricultural Research Council-Onderstepoort Veterinary Research, Onderstepoort, South Africa.
4 The Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
5 Department of Life and Consumer Sciences, University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa.
6 United States National Tick Collection, The James H. Oliver, Jr. Institute for Coastal Plain Science, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA, 30460‑8042, USA.
7 Department of Biology, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA, 30460, USA.
8 Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, 199034, Russia.
9 Bundeswehr Institute of Microbiology, Neuherbergstrasse 11, 80937, Munich, Germany. [email protected].