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Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) associated with small terrestrial mammals in the state of Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil

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From June 2005 to November 2010, 43 small mammals encompassing 6 species of Didelphimorphia, 8 species of Rodentia, and 1 species of Lagomorpha were found parasitized by ticks in the state of Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil. Nine tick species, in total 186 specimens, were identified as follows: Amblyomma cajennense (larvae and nymphs) on opossums and rodents; Amblyomma ovale (nymphs) on rodents; Amblyomma parvum (nymphs) on rodents; Amblyomma coelebs (nymphs) on opossums; Amblyomma dubitatum (nymph) on opossums; Ixodes amarali (females, nymphs, and larvae) on opossums and rodents; Ixodes loricatus (male, females, nymph) on opossums; Ixodes schulzei (female) on rodents; and Haemaphysalis leporispalustris (female) on rabbits. Most of the tick-host associations found in the present study have never been recorded in the literature; those include three new host records for I. amarali, four for A. cajennense, one for A. dubitatum, two for A. ovale, and one for A. coelebs. In addition, we provide the first record of A. coelebs in the state of Minas Gerais.

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by CNPq and FAPESP (Brazil), and INTA, CONICET and Asociación Cooperadora de la EEA-INTA Rafaela (Argentina).

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  1. Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva e Saúde Animal, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinaria e Zootenia, Universidade de São Paulo, Avenida Professor Dr. Orlando Marques de Paiva 87, São Paulo, SP, 05508-270, Brazil

    Danilo G. Saraiva, Thiago F. Martins & Marcelo B. Labruna

  2. Departamento de Parasitologia, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

    Gislene F. S. R. Fournier

  3. Departamento de Ecologia Aplicada, Universidade Federal de Lavras, Lavras, MG, Brazil

    Karla P. G. Leal

  4. Bicho do Mato Instituto de Pesquisa, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

    Flávia N. Vieira & Edeltrudes M. V. C. Câmara

  5. Laboratório de Mastozoologia, Museu de Ciências Naturais PUC Minas, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

    Claudia G. Costa

  6. Laboratório Especial de Coleções Zoológicas, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

    Valéria C. Onofrio & Darci M. Barros-Battesti

  7. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA), Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Rafaela, Rafaela, Santa Fe, Argentina

    Alberto A. Guglielmone

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Saraiva, D.G., Fournier, G.F.S.R., Martins, T.F. et al. Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) associated with small terrestrial mammals in the state of Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil. Exp Appl Acarol 58, 159–166 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10493-012-9570-9

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