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New tick records from the state of Rondônia, western Amazon, Brazil

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From 2005 to 2012, ticks were collected from different hosts at different localities of the state of Rondônia. The following 16 ixodid tick species were identified: Ixodes fuscipes, Amblyomma auricularium, Amblyomma coelebs, Amblyomma dubitatum, Amblyomma geayi, Amblyomma humerale, Amblyomma latepunctatum, Amblyomma longirostre, Amblyomma naponense, Amblyomma nodosum, Amblyomma oblongoguttatum, Amblyomma ovale, Amblyomma romitii, Amblyomma rotundatum, Amblyomma scalpturatum, and Amblyomma varium. From these, A. auricularium, A. dubitatum, and A. geayi are reported for the first time in the state of Rondônia. We provide the following tick-host associations that have not been reported anywhere: A. longirostre on Pteroglossus bitorquatus, A. rotundatum on Hydrodynastes gigas, and A. latepunctatum and A. scalpturatum on Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris. An adult male specimen of A. rotundatum is reported on Boa constrictor, comprising only the fourth male specimen to be recorded for this obligate parthenogenetic tick species. We also report the presence of the argasid species Ornithodoros kohlsi for the first time in Brazil, based on larval specimens collected on bats Molossops (Neoplatymops) mattogrossensis in Monte Negro, Rondônia. The present study increases the Brazilian tick fauna to 65 species, from which 34 species (52 %) are now registered to Rondônia. Such high diversity of ticks in a relatively small state, associated with increasing environmental alteration due to deforestation and human occupation, makes Rondônia a potential source of tick-borne diseases.

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This study was supported by Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP) and Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq).

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  1. Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva e Saúde Animal, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, 05508-270, Brazil

    Thiago F. Martins, Francisco B. Costa, Arlei Marcili & Marcelo B. Labruna

  2. Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de la República, Regional Norte, Salto, Uruguay

    José M. Venzal

  3. Faculdade São Lucas, Departamento de Zoologia, Porto Velho, Rondônia, Brazil

    Flávio A. Terassini & Luis M. A. Camargo

  4. Núcleo Avançado de Pesquisas do Departamento de Parasitologia (ICB5), Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade de São Paulo, Monte Negro, Rondônia, Brazil

    Flávio A. Terassini & Luis M. A. Camargo

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

    Darci M. Barros-Battesti

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Martins, T.F., Venzal, J.M., Terassini, F.A. et al. New tick records from the state of Rondônia, western Amazon, Brazil. Exp Appl Acarol 62, 121–128 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10493-013-9724-4

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