Fig. 1

Maps showing the study areas and locations where Dermacentor marginatus specimens were collected. Sampling sites determined in this study are indicated on both elevation and vegetation-based maps. The position of the Anatolian Diagonal on the map is drawn based on Kuzguncuoğlu et al. (2019). Maps were generated using ArcGIS 10.6.1 software, and the final figure composition was created using Inkscape 1.2.