New records of rare Ornithodoros (Acari: Argasidae) species in caves of the Brazilian Amazon

Henrique-Simões, Matheus; Ferreira De Oliveira Bernardi, Leopoldo; Ogrzewalska, Maria; Bahia Labruna, Marcelo; Lopes Ferreira, Rodrigo

doi:10.22073/pja.v1i2.9940

New records of rare Ornithodoros (Acari: Argasidae) species in caves of the Brazilian Amazon

Authors

Matheus Henrique-Simões ¹

Leopoldo Ferreira de Oliveira Bernardi ²

Maria Ogrzewalska ³

Marcelo Bahia Labruna ³

Rodrigo Lopes Ferreira ⁴

¹ Graduate in Applied Ecology, Ecology Section/Biology Department, Federal University of Lavras, Minas Gerais State, Brazil, P.O.Box 3037, Zip Code, 37200-000;

² Graduate in Applied Ecology, CAPES scholarship, Ecology Section/Biology Department, Federal University of Lavras, Minas Gerais State, Brazil, P.O.Box 3037, Zip Code, 37200-000;

³ Laboratory of Underground Ecology, Zoology Section/ Biology Department, Federal University of Lavras, Minas Gerais State, Brazil, P.O.Box 3037, Zip Code, 37200-000;

⁴ Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo State, Brazil, Zip Code 05508-270;

10.22073/pja.v1i2.9940

Abstract

The genus Ornithodoros is worldwide distributed and features 113 known species. However, some species are rare and collections are scarce. The present paper expands the known distribution of two species of soft ticks, O. rondoniensis and O. marinkellei, by about 1400 km to the east, in caves in two municipal districts in the state of Pará, northern Brazil. These species were previously known only from the western Brazilian Amazon. Furthermore, some morphological details and molecular analysis are shown.

Keywords

Acari

Ixodida

Argasidae

cave

new records