Noteworthy records of Ixodes auritulus Neumann, 1904 (Acari, Ixodida) on birds from Paraná, southern Brazil

<p><strong>Ticks of the genus <em>Amblyomma</em> (Acari: Ixodidae) on wild birds in the Brazilian Amazon</strong></p>

“…Not surprisingly, Brazil has the world's second most diverse avifauna, with 1,840 species (Silveira 2013). Despite such avian diversity, only 3 tick species are known in Brazil to use birds as primary hosts for all parasitic stages: Argas miniatus Koch, 1844, a parasite of domestic fowl, and Ixodes auritulus Neumann, 1904 and Ixodes paranaensis BarrosBattesti, Arzua, Pichorim & Keirans, 2003, parasites of wild birds (Arzua et al 1994, Arzua & Barros-Battesti 1999, Dantas-Torres et al 2009). Curiously, accidental infestations by Rhipicephalus sanguineus (Latreille, 1806) have been reported on native and nonnative birds in Brazil (Diogo et al 2003, Szabó et al 2008.…”

Catalogue of the Brazilian Ixodes (Acari: Ixodidae) material in the mite collection of Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, Brazil

“…A total of 56 species of ticks belonging to 9 genera has been found in Brazil. Amblyomma Koch is the dominant genus, with 33 species, followed by Ixodes, with 10 species (Aragão & Fonseca 1961, Arzua et al 1994. Worldwide, 234 recognized species belonging to 14 subgenera are assigned to the genus Ixodes (CliíFord et al 1973, Keirans 1992.…”

Parasitism of Ixodes (Multidentatus) auritulus Neumann (Acari: Ixodidae) on birds from the city of Curitiba, state of Paraná, southern Brazil

“…(BAI-25088, one female, on K. nigerrimus collected by EG Holt in Feb. 2, 1922); U.S. National Museum, accession no. (Nat'l Mus-287, one female, on Tamnophilus ruficapillus) and (Nat'l Mus-322, five females, on T. caerulescens) collected by EA Chapin, in Feb. 2, and Feb. 10, 1922, respectively. Specimens of I. auritulus were collected on Turdidae for the first time in the State of Paraná, during bird banding in the Passaúna Park of the city of Curitiba, during 1990 to 1992 (Arzua et al 1994). These results led Marini et al (1996) to investigate the prevalence of ticks on birds from mountain and lowland forest areas of the State of Paraná.…”