The First Report of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) kohlsi (Hoogstraal and Kaiser 1960) from Wild Goats (Capra hircus aegagrus) in Iran

Background: studies concerning ticks were of interest to evaluate the distribution and composition of species affectinglivestock, thus it was a main step in our knowledge of the pathogens that they may transmit by tick.methods: a collection of 21 adult female and 15 male hard ticks, all is representing a single species of tick collected underthe tail of wild goat. the specimens preserved in 70 % alcohol in glass vial and brought to laboratory for identification. inorder to distinguish species relationships between wild and domestic animals, tick sampling has been achieved in 7 differentplaces located around kolah qazi national park in isfahan province.results: important descriptions of ticks isolated from wild goat strongly supported that the tick species in this collectionwas only rhipicephalus (boophilus) kohlsi.conclusion: it seems that this is the first report of rh. (boophilus) kohlsi in iran. wild sheep and goats live throughout iranexcept in forest and other tall vegetation areas. although, both animals has pastured occasionally in same open rangelandbut we could not find any tick of rh. (boophilus) kohlsi in domestic animals.