Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) from yellow armadillo, Euphractus sexcinctus (Cingulata: Dasypodidae), in Brazil's Pantanal wetlands

• Published in: Neotropical entomology Vol. 39; no. 5; pp. 823 - 825
• Main Authors: Medri, _sis M(Univ de Brasília Instituto de Ciências Biológicas Depto de Zoologia), Martins, João R(Instituto de Pesquisas Veterinárias Desidério Finamor FEPAGRO Lab de Parasitologia), Doyle, Rovaina L(Instituto de Pesquisas Veterinárias Desidério Finamor FEPAGRO Lab de Parasitologia), Mourão, Guilherme(Embrapa Pantanal Lab de Fauna Silvestre), Marinho-Filho, Jader(Univ de Brasília Instituto de Ciências Biológicas Depto de Zoologia)
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Sociedade Entomológica do Brasil 01.09.2010
• Subjects: Amblyomma cajennense; Amblyomma parvum; Animals; Armadillos - parasitology; Brazil; ectoparasite; ENTOMOLOGY; Female; Ixodidae - physiology; Male; Wetlands; Brazil; ectoparasite; Amblyomma parvum; Amblyomma cajennense
• ISSN: 1519-566X; 1678-8052; 1678-8052
• DOI: 10.1590/S1519-566X2010000500023

Tick species parasitizing yellow armadillo, Euphractus sexcinctus, were recorded from October 2006 to October 2007 in Pantanal. A total of 89 ticks were collected from 23 yellow armadillos. Most ticks (n = 50) were identified as Amblyomma cajennense (Fabricius) (32 males and 18 females). The only other species found was Amblyomma parvum (Aragão) (three females and two males). The remaining ticks were immatures of Amblyomma (29 nymphs and five larvae). The prevalence of A. cajennense was 55%, the mean intensity was 2.7 ± 0.5 (SE) (n = 17) and the mean abundance was 1.5 ± 0.4 (n = 31).