Interrelação entre acari Ixodidae e hospedeiros Edentata da Serra da Canastra, Minas Gerais, Brasil

Abstract

We received for examination a small colection of ticks captured in the National Park of the Serra da Canastra (MG), between 1979 and 1980. The authors demonstrated the existence of a broad co-accomodation of Amblyomma pseudoconcolor on Edentata of the family Dasypodidae, being Dasypodini the tribe more adjusted to this infestation. In conformity to the Figs 1 and 2, Dasypodini are probably the real hosts of A. pseudoconcolor and also the oldest hosts. For the first time, A. pseudoconcolor is also recorded on Cabassous tatouay, C. unicinctus, Priodontes maximus and Euphractus sexcincuts. Also for the first time A. pseudoconcolor and Amblyomma calcaratum were recorded in the State of Minas Gerais. The ectoparasites are deposited in the "Departamento de Parasitologia da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brasil".

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

“…Campos Pereira et al (2000) reported that Amblyomma species were abundant in the Pantanal, finding a predominance of nymphs in August and September. Although other species of Amblyomma have been reported associated to yellow armadillos (Botelho et al 1989, Guglielmone & Viñabal 1994, Campos Pereira et al 2000, Bechara et al 2002, Robins et al 2003, our data indicate A. cajennense as the predominant tick of yellow armadillos in Pantanal.…”

“…Studies conducted in Brazilian Pantanal (Campos Pereira et al 2000) and in the Cerrado biome report tick species associated with armadillos (Botelho et al 1989, Bechara et al 2002. In most of these studies, the species of Amblyomma Koch, were dominant.…”

Wild birds as hosts of Amblyomma cajennense (Fabricius, 1787) (Acari: Ixodidae)

“…Adults usually parasitize equids, cattle and dogs as well as several other domestic species. This species has also been found on several wild vertebrates (Aragão 1936), including rodents (Linardi et al 1987), edentates (Botelho et al 1989) and several other species of small mammals (Coutinho 1997).…”

Carrapatos (Acari: Ixodidae) em mamíferos silvestres do Parque Nacional da Serra da Canastra e arredores, Minas Gerais, Brasil

“…Os resultados do presente trabalho indicam uma forte associação carrapatohospedeiro existente entre ninfas de A. sculptum e canídeos silvestres, estando de acordo com estudos prévios de lABRUNA et al (2005) e MARTINS et al (2012, que demonstraram ninfas desta espécie de ixodídeo, publicado como A. cajennense, frequentemente encontradas em canídeos silvestres provenientes de várias regiões do país. As demais associações carrapato-hospedeiro (Tabela 1) foram previamente relatadas em diferentes trabalhos em diversos locais do território nacional, inclusive no bioma Cerrado, incluindo trabalhos que amostraram o próprio PNSC (BOTElHO et al, 1989;BARROS & BAggIO, 1992;EVANS et al, 2000;lABRUNA et al, 2005;MARTINS et al, 2012).…”