Artículos de revistas
Wildlife species, Ixodid fauna and new host records for ticks in an Amazon forest area, Rondônia, Brazil
Espécies de vida selvagem, fauna ixodídica e novos registros de hospedeiros de carrapatos em uma área de Floresta Amazônica, Rondônia, Brasil
Fecha
2018-04-01Registro en:
Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinaria, v. 27, n. 2, p. 177-182, 2018.
0103-846X
10.1590/S1984-296120180022
S1984-29612018000200177
2-s2.0-85049052252
S1984-29612018000200177.pdf
Autor
Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (EMBRAPA)
Centro Universitário da Grande Dourados
Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS)
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz – FIOCRUZ
Ciência e Tecnologia – FUNDECT. Governo do Estado de Mato Grosso do Sul
Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE)
Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
Institución
Resumen
The objective of this work was to evaluate the diversity of ticks associated with free-living animals and to investigate new host records for ticks. Ticks were collected from animals rescued during the flood of the Jamari River in the municipality of Ariquemes, state of Rondônia, North Region of Brazil. A total of 39 animals were captured, out of which 10 were amphibians, 19 were reptiles and 10 were mammals. A total of 127 ticks of the Amblyomma genus were collected from these animals, distributed among seven species: Amblyomma dissimile, Amblyomma geayi, Amblyomma humerale, Amblyomma longirostre, Amblyomma nodosum, Amblyomma rotundatum and Amblyomma varium. In addition, one specimen of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus was collected. Among these specimens, 85 were adults and 42 were nymphs, with A. rotundatum being the most prevalent species. An Amblyomma spp. larvae was also collected from a lizard (Uranoscodon superciliosus), and one Amblyomma calcaratum and one Amblyomma dubitatum were recovered from the environment, thus totaling 130 ticks. Among the Ixodidae collected from different hosts, we provide the first report for the species A. rotundatum parasitizing Rhinella major, U. superciliosus, Leptophis ahaetulla, Chironius multiventris, and Mastigodryas boddaerti, as well as of A. humerale parasitizing U. superciliosus, A. geayi parasitizing Choloepus didactylus, and Rhipicephalus (B.) microplus parasitizing Alouatta puruensis.