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Systematic & Applied Acarology
(2007) 12, 27–30.The
Ornithodoros hasei (Schulze, 1935) (Acari: Argasidae) species group in ArgentinaSANTIAGO NAVA1, JOSÉ M. VENZAL2, M. MÓNICA DÍAZ3,4, ATILIO J. MANGOLD1 & ALBERTO A. GUGLIELMONE1
1Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, CC 22, CP 2300 Rafaela, Santa Fe, Argentina. E-mail: aguglielmone@rafaela.inta.gov.ar
2Departamento de Parasitología Veterinaria, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de la República, Av. Alberto Lasplaces 1550, CP 11600 Montevideo, Uruguay
3Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto Miguel Lillo, Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, San Miguel de Tucumán (4000), Argentina
4PIDBA (Programa de Investigaciones de Biodiversidad Argentina), Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, Argentina
Abstract
Six larvae of the genus Ornithodoros were collected in Rio Lavayén, approximately 1km north of Santa Rita, San Pedro Department (24º 28´S, 64º 48´W), Jujuy Province, Argentina, on three species of bats: Molossops temminckii (Burmeister, 1854) (Molossidae), Myotis albescens (E. Geoffroy, 1806) (Vespertilionidae) and Histiotus laephotis Thomas, 1916 (Vespertilionidae). All six larvae were identified as belonging to the Ornithodoros hasei species group, whose members are common parasites of bats throughout the Neotropical Zoogeographic Region. This is the first record of the O. hasei species group in Argentina, and M. temminckii and H. laephotis are new hosts for this tick. Studies of the morphology, genetics and ecology of O. hasei across its vast range will be necessary in order to determine whether sibling species are present.
Key words: Argasidae, Ornithodoros hasei, bats, Argentina
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