Morphologic abnormalities in Amblyomma mixtum, Amblyomma naponense, Amblyomma cf. oblongoguttatum and Amblyomma tapirellum (Acari: Ixodidae) of Costa Rica

Lillian G. Domínguez; Víctor M. Montenegro; Sergio E. Bermúdez

doi:10.11158/saa.26.3.1

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Lillian G. Domínguezhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4636-5876,^1,* Víctor M. Montenegro,² Sergio E. Bermúdez^1,3

¹Departamento de Investigación en Entomología Médica, Instituto Conmemorativo Gorgas de Estudios de la Salud, Ciudad de Panamá, Panamá.
²Laboratorio de Parasitología, Escuela de Medicina Veterinaria, Universidad Nacional, Heredia, Costa Rica.
³Estación Científica Coiba, Coiba AIP, Ciudad del Saber, Panamá.

^*Corresponding author Lillian Domínguez A. Departamento de Investigación en Entomología Médica, Instituto Conmemorativo Gorgas de Estudios de la Salud, Panamá. Avenida Justo Arosemena y Calle 35, Panamá 0816-02593, Panamá. Phone: +507 527 4894. ORCID: 0000-0003-4636-5876 E-mail: ldominguez@gorgas.gob.pa

Abstract

In this work, we describe abnormalities in adults of Amblyomma mixtum, Amblyomma naponense, Amblyomma cf. oblongoguttatum and Amblyomma tapirellum of Costa Rica. General anomalies manifested as body asymmetry, nanism, and gigantism, while local anomalies occurred in the legs, festoons, anal pore and spiracle. These are the firsts mention of abnormalities in ticks from Costa Rica.

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Lillian G. Domínguez, Víctor M. Montenegro, and Sergio E. Bermúdez "Morphologic abnormalities in Amblyomma mixtum, Amblyomma naponense, Amblyomma cf. oblongoguttatum and Amblyomma tapirellum (Acari: Ixodidae) of Costa Rica," Systematic and Applied Acarology 26(3), 509-518, (19 February 2021). https://doi.org/10.11158/saa.26.3.1

Received: 23 October 2020; Accepted: 5 January 2021; Published: 19 February 2021

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