First record of Ixodes ariadnae (Acari: Ixodidae) in Slovakia

Basic data
OCA1. Surname awarded to the assessed person	Prokeš
OCA2. Name awarded to the assessed person	Marián
OCA3. Degrees awarded to the assessed person	Assoc. prof. , DVM, PhD
OCA4. Hyperlink to the entry of the person in the Register of university staff	https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/6118
OCA5. Area of assessment	study programme infectious diseases of animals · III. degree
OCA6. Category of the research/artistic/other output	scientific output
OCA7. Year of publication of the research/artistic/other output	2026
OCA8. ID of the record in the Central Registry of Publication Activity (CRPA) or the Central Registry of Artistic Activity (CRAA)	1510457
OCA9. Hyperlink to the record in CRPA or CRAA	https://app.crepc.sk/?fn=detailBiblioForm&sid=CF8918690100D9B3230E655DC1BF
Characteristics of the output that is not registered in CRPA or CRAA
OCA10. Hyperlink to the record in another publicly accessible register, catalogue of research/ artistic/other outputs	https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105030195670?origin=resultslist
OCA11. Characteristics of the output in the format of the CRPA or the CRAA bibliographic record, if the output is not available in a publicly accessible register or catalogue of outputs	First record of Ixodes ariadnae (Acari: Ixodidae) in Slovakia
OCA12. Type of the output (if the output is not registered in CRPA or CRAA)	article
OCA13. Hyperlink to the webpage where the output is available (full text, other documentation, etc.)	https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/16/3/391
OCA14. Characteristics of the author's contribution	Editing and checking the article.
OCA15. Annotation of the output with contextual information concerning the description of creative process and the content of the research/artistic/other activity, etc.	The detection of Ixodes ariadnae in Slovakia expands the known distribution of this bat-associated tick species, which has been confirmed in Europe (Hungary, Germany, Belgium, and Turkey) and Asia (Turkey and Japan). To date, 25 hard ticks, including I. ariadnae, have been recorded in Slovakia. This paper includes morphological and molecular evidence of one engorged female I. ariadnae collected from a greater mouse-eared bat (Myotis myotis) in Slovakia. The bat was found exhausted during the spring migration period. As Slovak and Hungarian populations of M. myotis move between roosts in both countries, we assumed that the bat was returning from Hungarian wintering grounds where I. ariadnae is present.
Other data
OCA16. Annotation of the output in English	The detection of Ixodes ariadnae in Slovakia expands the known distribution of this bat-associated tick species, which has been confirmed in Europe (Hungary, Germany, Belgium, and Turkey) and Asia (Turkey and Japan). To date, 25 hard ticks, including I. ariadnae, have been recorded in Slovakia. This paper includes morphological and molecular evidence of one engorged female I. ariadnae collected from a greater mouse-eared bat (Myotis myotis) in Slovakia. The bat was found exhausted during the spring migration period. As Slovak and Hungarian populations of M. myotis move between roosts in both countries, we assumed that the bat was returning from Hungarian wintering grounds where I. ariadnae is present.
OCA17. List of maximum 5 most significant citations corresponding to the output	Purgatová, S., Mangová, B., Selyemová, D., Krumpálová, Z., Chvostáč, M., Didyk, Y. M., Rajská, P., Kazimírová, M., & Rusňáková Tarageľová, V. (2026). Sympatric Occurrence of Five Exophilic Tick Species in the Levice Region (Southwestern Slovakia) and Their Infection with Tick-Borne Pathogens. Pathogens, 15(4), 382. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens15040382
OCA18. Characteristics of the output's impact on socio-economic practice	Herein we report the first occurrence of Ixodes ariadnae in Slovakia.
OCA19. Characteristics of the output and related activities' impact on the educational process	The impacts and results of the work will be reflected in the teaching of study subjects with an epizootiological content.