The Occurrence of the Tick Haemaphysalis Concinna Koch in Relation of Tickborne Encephalitis

In Austria H. concinna is present in the provinces: In Burgenland, in Niederosterreich, in Oberosterreich. This species prefers such localities as moist, light, scattered woods, with a well developed undergrowth, furthermore woodclearings, edges of woods, the biotope of reed bents in the lowlands (around the Neusiedler Lake) and the water-meadows of the Danube. The preferred habitats of these ticks are related to specific plant eco-systems, namely: Phragmites communis, Cariceto-remotae-Fraxinetum, Querco Carpinetum, Querco luculetum, Quercetum cerris and the moist steppe biotopes in the environment of the Neusiedler Lake and the neighbouring Zick lakes.