“…Teixeira et al (2008), in a study of wild birds' ticks of the Sorocaba Zoo in São Paulo State, found A. longirostre in the ruby-crowned tanager (Tachyphonus coronatus), in the red-legged seriema (Cariama cristata), and in the peacock (Pavo cristatus). Labruna et al (2002) found A. longirostre in Brazilian porcupine (Coendou prehensilis), and Silveira et al (2008) found A. longirostre in the black urchin (Chaetomys subspinosus). In Brazil, the species is well established in the states of Parana, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais, Goiânia, Pernambuco, Acre, Amazonas, Pará, and Rondônia (ARZUA et al, 2005;GUIMARÃES et al, 2001).…”