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Systematic & Applied Acarology (2004) 9, 41-43

New distributional and host records for Amblyomma pseudoconcolor Aragão, 1908 (Acari: Ixodidae: Amblyomminae)

MARIELLA SUPERINA¹, ALBERTO A. GUGLIELMONE², ATILIO J. MANGOLD², SANTIAGO NAVA³ & MARCELA LARESCHI³

1 University of New Orleans, Department of Biological Sciences, New Orleans, LA 70148, USA

2 Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Rafaela, Casilla de Correo 22, CP 2300 Rafaela, Santa Fe, Argentina

3 Centro de Estudios Parasitológicos y de Vectores. Calle 2 N° 584, 1900 La Plata, Argentina.

Abstract

Larvae, nymphs and males of Amblyomma pseudoconcolor Aragão, 1908 were collected from a single Zaedyus pichiy (Desmarest, 1804) (Xenarthra: Dasypodidae) captured in the Department of Lavalle (32º49’S 67º51’W), Province of Mendoza, Argentina, which is in the Monte phytogeographical province of the Chaco domain. Ticks were identified using conventional keys and 16S rDNA sequences. This is the most southwesterly collection of A. pseudoconcolor yet obtained and marks a new host record for this species, whose adults typically feed on dasypodids. The range of Z. pichiy in southern South America suggests that the distribution of A. pseudoconcolor is greater than currently realized and probably includes Chile.

Key words: Amblyomma pseudoconcolor, distribution, new locality, Argentina, Dasypodidae, Zaedyus pichiy, new host

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