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Systematic & Applied Acarology (2003) 8, 93-96First record of Amblyomma triste Koch, 1844 (Acari: Ixodidae) and new records of Ornithodoros mimon Kohls, Clifford & Jones, 1969 (Acari: Argasidae) from Neotropical bats
JOSÉ M. VENZAL1, ENRIQUE M. GONZÁLEZ2, DINORA CAPELLINO1, AGUSTÍN ESTRADA PEÑA3 & ALBERTO A. GUGLIELMONE4
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Departamento de Parasitología Veterinaria, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de la República, Av. Alberto Lasplaces 1550, 11600 Montevideo, Uruguay. E-mail: dpvuru@adinet.com.uy2
Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Casilla de Correo 399, 1100 Montevideo, Uruguay.3
Departamento de Parasitología, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de Zaragoza, Miguel Servet 177, 50013 Zaragoza, España.4
Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Rafaela, Casilla de Correo 22, 2300 Rafaela, Santa Fe, Argentina.Abstract
A nymph of Amblyomma triste Koch, 1844 was found on a bat Myotis albescens (E. Geoffroy 1806) (Vespertilionidae), captured in Cerro Pan de Azúcar (34º47´S 55º13´W), Departamento Maldonado, Uruguay. A retrospective search of ticks from bats deposited in the Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Montevideo, Uruguay, yielded seven larvae of Ornithodoros mimon Kohls, Clifford & Jones, 1969, from Eptesicus furinalis (d´Orbigny 1847) (Vespertilionidae), captured in Departamento Cerro Largo; six larvae were collected at Estancia La Formosa, (31º51´S 54º12´W), north to the locality of Aceguá, and one larva was collected at Arroyo Sarandí (32º29´S 53º41´W). This is the first record of A. triste from Chiroptera, but it is doubtful that bats are important in the life cycle of this tick species. The present records of O. mimon are the first since the description of this species from larvae collected on Bolivian and Uruguayan bats more than 30 years ago.
Key words: Ixodidae, Argasidae, Amblyomma triste, Ornithodoros mimon, Chiroptera, Neotropical region, Uruguay
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