ISSN 1362-1971
An international journal of the Systematic and Applied Acarology Society, published since 1996
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ISSN 1362-1971 An international journal of the Systematic and Applied Acarology Society, published since 1996 [Aims] [Editors] [Content] [Subscriptions] [Contact details] [Society Homepage] |
Systematic & Applied Acarology (2002) 7, 109-111First records of
Amblyomma auricularium (Conil, 1878) and Amblyomma pseu-doconcolor Aragão, 1908 (Acari: Ixodidae) from UruguayJOSÉ M. VENZAL 1 , OSCAR CASTRO 1 , ALBERTO A. GUGLIELMONE 2 & JAMES E.
KEIRANS 3
1 Departamento de Parasitología Veterinaria, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de la República, Av. Alberto Lasplaces
1550, 11600 Montevideo, Uruguay. E-mail: dpvuru@adinet.com.uy
2 Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Rafaela, Casilla de Correo 22, 2300
Rafaela, Santa Fe, Argentina
3 United States National Tick Collection, Institute of Arthropodology and Parasitology, Georgia Southern University, States-boro,
GA 30460, USA
Abstract
Amblyomma auricularium and Amblyomma pseudoconcolor are recorded for the first time in Uruguay
parasitizing Dasypus hybridus. These are the first records of ixodids from dasypodids in this country.
Key words: Ixodidae, Amblyomma auricularium, Amblyomma pseudoconcolor, Dasypus hybridus, Uruguay.
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