New records of Ixodes paranaensis (Acari: Ixodidae) from Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil

Ixodes paranaensis is a little-known tick species recently described from specimens collected in Quatro Barras, State of Paraná, southern Brazil. The present report describes the collection of three males and three females of I. paranaensis from a quartzite cave (Gruta dos Fugitivos) in the municip...

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Published inSystematic and applied acarology Vol. 14; no. 3; pp. 213 - 215
Main Authors Dantas-Torres, Filipe, Bernardi Leopoldo F. De O, Souza-Silva Marconi, Ferreira Rodrigo L, Onofrio Valeria C, Barros-Battesti Darci M, Labruna Marcelo B
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Systematic and Applied Acarology Society 03.12.2009
Subjects
Brazil
distribution
females
Ixodes
Ixodes paranaensis
Ixodidae
males
new geographic records
new record
ticks
Brazil
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Summary:Ixodes paranaensis is a little-known tick species recently described from specimens collected in Quatro Barras, State of Paraná, southern Brazil. The present report describes the collection of three males and three females of I. paranaensis from a quartzite cave (Gruta dos Fugitivos) in the municipality of Santa Rita de Ibitipoca, State of Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil. This new record extends the known distribution of I. paranaensis and clarifies our knowledge of the male, which was originally described from a single deformed specimen.
ISSN:1362-1971
DOI:10.11158/saa.14.3.6