FAUNA OF ECTOPARASITES OF PREDATORY MAMMALS (MAMMALIA: CARNIVORA) IN UZBEKISTAN
Abstract
The study of the species composition of ectoparasites and the functioning of the
 parasitic system with the participation of specific groups of vertebrates in certain
 climatic zones is of scientific and practical interest. In this regard, the clarification
 of the parasitological situation in predatory mammals in the system "ectoparasites
 – predatory animals" in the biogeocenoses of Uzbekistan is an urgent task of
 fundamental and applied parasitology. For the first time, the features of the species
 composition of the ectoparasite fauna in domesticated (dog, cat) and wild (jackal,
 wolf, fox, jungle cat) predatory mammals from Uzbekistan were studied. Twenty
 three species of ectoparasites, mites and insects, were found on the studied predators. Ticks in our material are represented by 14 species belonging to the families Ixodidae
 (12 species), Sarcoptidae (1 species) and Demodicidae (1 species). The bulk of them
 are ixodid ticks among which representatives of the genera Haemaphysalis (3 species)
 and Rhipicephalus (4 species) dominate. The insects turned out to be representatives
 of five families: Trichodectidae (1 species), Linognathidae (1 species), Pulicidae (4
 species), Culicidae (2 species), and Hippoboscidae (1 species). In terms of frequency
 of occurrence and species composition, fleas occupy a leading position. The number
 of arthropod species per infected host (for example, dogs) ranged from 3 to 7.