Ticks (Acari: Argasidae and Ixodidae) infesting amphibians and reptiles in Northeastern Brazil

Edna Paulino de Alcantara; Cristiana Ferreira-Silva; Robson Waldemar Ávila; Richard de Campos Pacheco; Thiago Fernandes Martins; Sebastián Muñoz-leal; Drausio Honorio Morais

doi:10.11158/saa.23.8.1

20 July 2018 Ticks (Acari: Argasidae and Ixodidae) infesting amphibians and reptiles in Northeastern Brazil

Edna Paulino de Alcantara, Cristiana Ferreira-Silva, Robson Waldemar Ávila, Richard de Campos Pacheco, Thiago Fernandes Martins, Sebastián Muñoz-leal, Drausio Honorio Morais

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Systematic and Applied Acarology, 23(8):1497-1508 (2018). https://doi.org/10.11158/saa.23.8.1

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Ticks collected on 21 different species of amphibians and reptiles captured during 2001 to 2017 in the northeast Brazil were identified. Overall, 227 individuals (185 larvae, 32 nymphs, 7 adults females and 3 males) identified as follow: Amblyomma dissimile, Amblyomma rotundatum, Amblyomma sp. larvae, Ornithodoros mimon, Ornithodoros rietcorreai, and an Ornithodoros sp. Herein, we present 25 new tick-host associations, thus contributing to the knowledge on tick-fauna associated to amphibians and reptiles from Brazilian northeast.

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Edna Paulino de Alcantara, Cristiana Ferreira-Silva, Robson Waldemar Ávila, Richard de Campos Pacheco, Thiago Fernandes Martins, Sebastián Muñoz-leal, and Drausio Honorio Morais "Ticks (Acari: Argasidae and Ixodidae) infesting amphibians and reptiles in Northeastern Brazil," Systematic and Applied Acarology 23(8), 1497-1508, (20 July 2018). https://doi.org/10.11158/saa.23.8.1

Received: 13 June 2017; Accepted: 24 June 2018; Published: 20 July 2018

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