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Systematic & Applied Acarology
(2009) 14, 101–128.The ixodid ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) of Cuba
DARCI MORAES BARROS-BATTESTI 1, MERCEDES REYES HERNÁNDEZ 2, KÁTIA MARIA FAMADAS 3, VALERIA C. ONOFRIO 1,3, LORENZA BEATI 4 & ALBERTO A. GUGLIELMONE 5
1Laboratório de Parasitologia, Instituto Butantan, Av. Vital Brasil 1500, 05503-900 São Paulo, SP, Brazil. E-mail: dbattesti@butantan.gov.br
2Instituto de Ecología y Sistemática, Carretera de Varona Km ½, Capdevila, Boyeros, La Habana, Cuba
3Departamento de Parasitologia Animal, Instituto de Veterinária, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, 23890-000, Seropédica, RJ, Brazil
4United States National Tick Collection, Institute of Arthropodology and Parasitology, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro,GA 30460-8056, USA
5Estación Experimental Agropecuária Rafaela, Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuária, Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Técnica, CC 22, CP 2300 Rafaela, Argentina
Abstract
The Neotropical tick fauna includes approximately 200 species belonging to the families Argasidae and Ixodidae. Of the 32 species reported from Cuba, 23 are argasids and nine belong to four ixodid genera (Ixodes, Amblyomma, Dermacentor, and Rhipicephalus). Ixodes capromydis, a Cuban endemic species, is the only prostriate tick, whereas Metastriata are represented by five Amblyomma (A. albopictum, A. cajennense, A. dissimile, A. quadricavum, and A. torrei), one Dermacentor (D. nitens), and two Rhipicephalus species (R. sanguineus and R. (Boophilus) microplus). Herein, we illustrate diagnostic characters and provide a taxonomic key for the Cuban adult Ixodidae based on optical and scanning electron microscopy. For each species, we provide information about the material we examined, geographical distribution, and host association.
Key words: Ticks, Ixodidae, identification key, Cuba
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