Comments on controversial tick (Acari: Ixodida) species names and species described or resurrected from 2003 to 2008

Guglielmone, Alberto A.; Robbins, Richard G.; Apanaskevich, Dmitry A.; Petney, Trevor N.; Estrada-Peña, Agustı́n; Horak, Ivan G.

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“…After examining the syntypes of H. scupense and the holotype of H. detritum, Filippova (2003) concluded that H. detritum should be regarded as a junior subjective synonym of H. scupense and as a junior objective synonym of Hyalomma marginatum Koch, 1844. Guglielmone et al (2009) accepted the latter point of view. The current situation is thus confused both as to the names and their status: traditionally some workers consider both H. scupense and H. detritum as full species, others believe H. scupense to be a subspecies of H. detritum, and a third group accepts H. detritum as a junior synonym of H. scupense.…”

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The genus Hyalomma Koch, 1844. X. Redescription of all parasitic stages of H. (Euhyalomma) scupense Schulze, 1919 (= H. detritum Schulze) (Acari: Ixodidae) and notes on its biology

Apanaskevich¹,

Филиппова²,

Horak³

2010

FOLIA PARASIT

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Taxonomic uncertainty as to the identities of Hyalomma (Euhyalomma) scupense Schulze, 1919 and Hyalomma detritum Schulze, 1919 has existed for nearly 85 years. The chief criterion used to consider these taxa as separate species has been an ecological feature, namely that H. scupense is a one-host tick while H. detritum is a two-host species. Morphologically they are identical. To date no comprehensive taxonomic study has been done on all parasitic stages of the two species. Here the decision to grant priority status to H. scupense and to synonymise H. detritum with H. scupense is defended. The adults and immature stages of H. scupense are illustrated and redescribed. The morphological characteristics that separate the males, females, nymphs and larvae from those of other Hyalomma species are discussed for each developmental stage. Data on hosts, geographic distribution and disease relationships are provided.

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The genus Hyalomma Koch, 1844. X. Redescription of all parasitic stages of H. (Euhyalomma) scupense Schulze, 1919 (= H. detritum Schulze) (Acari: Ixodidae) and notes on its biology

Apanaskevich¹,

Филиппова²,

Horak³

2010

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“…Dichotomous (Table 2) and polytomous keys (Tables 3 & 4) to identify adults and nymphs of Ixodidae to genus were constructed while examining specimens of Amblyomma, Amblyomma (formerly Aponomma), Rhipicephalus (formerly Boophilus), Bothriocroton, Dermacentor, Ixodes, Hyalomma, and Rhipicephalus, and with reference to the following literature : Arthur 1960a, b, Arthur & Chaudhuri 1965, Barker & Murrell 2004, Beati et al 2008, Belozerov et al 2001, Guglielmone et al 2009, Hoogstraal et al 1970, Horak et al 2002, Kaufman 1972, Keirans et al 1994, Klompen et al 2002, Matthysse & Colbo 1987, Nuttall & Warburton 1911, 1915, Roberts 1970, Sonenshine 1991, Varma 1993, Volzit 2002, Volzit & Keirans 2003, Walker et al 2000and Walker et al 2003 To develop the key to New Zealand species, I referred to previously published keys and taxonomic descriptions contained in Arthur (1963), Chilton (1904), Dumbleton (1943Dumbleton ( , 1953Dumbleton ( , 1958Dumbleton ( , 1961Dumbleton ( , 1963Dumbleton ( , 1973, Hoogstraal (1967), Hoogstraal et al (1968), McKenna (1996 and Roberts (1970), and I examined representative male, female and nymphal specimens of all species in New Zealand except I. jacksoni. This allowed a range of discriminating features to be identified and included.…”

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Electronic polytomous and dichotomous keys to the genera and species of hard ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) present in New Zealand

Hardwick¹

2010

Systematic and Applied Acarology

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New Zealand has a relatively small tick fauna, with nine described and one undescribed species belonging to the genera Ornithodoros, Amblyomma, Haemaphysalis and Ixodes. Although exotic hard ticks (Ixodidae) are intercepted in New Zealand on a regular basis, the country has largely remained free of these organisms and the significant diseases that they can vector. However, professionals in the biosecurity, health and agricultural industries in New Zealand have little access to user-friendly identification tools that would enable them to accurately identify the ticks that are already established in the country or to allow recognition of newly arrived exotics. The lack of access to these materials has the potential to lead to delays in the identification of exotic tick species. This is of concern as 40-60% of exotic ticks submitted for identification by biosecurity staff in New Zealand are intercepted post border. This article presents dichotomous and polytomous keys to the eight species of hard tick that occur in New Zealand. These keys have been digitised using Lucid ® and Phoenix ® software and are deployed at http://keys.lucidcentral.org/keys/v3/hard_ticks/Ixodidae genera.html in a form that allows use by non-experts. By enabling non-experts to carry out basic identifications, it is hoped that professionals in the health and agricultural industries in New Zealand can play a greater role in surveillance for exotic ticks.

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“…A ninth species named Ixodes serrafreirei Amorim, Gazeta, Bossi and Linhares, 2003 was proposed based on the nymphal stage (AMORIM et al, 2003), but due to lack of proper description I. serrafreirei has been regarded as a nomen nudum (VENZAL et al, 2008;GUGLIELMONE et al, 2009). …”

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“…This communication records the first occurrence of this tick species in the State of Parana, southern region of Brazil, and it constitutes its first report on Akodon montensis (Thomas) Aragão and Fonseca, 1951 (ONOFRIO et al, 2009;DANTAS-TORRES et al, 2009). A ninth species named Ixodes serrafreirei Amorim, Gazeta, Bossi and Linhares, 2003 was proposed based on the nymphal stage (AMORIM et al, 2003), but due to lack of proper description I. serrafreirei has been regarded as a nomen nudum (VENZAL et al, 2008;GUGLIELMONE et al, 2009). …”

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Noteworthy records of Ixodes schulzei(Acari: Ixodidae) on rodents from the State of Parana, southern Brazil

Onofrio

Nieri-Bastos

Sampaio

et al. 2013

Rev. Bras. Parasitol. Vet.

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Ixodes schulzei Aragão & Fonseca is an endemic tick to Brazil and has already been reported in the northern (State of Rondonia), southeastern (States of Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo) and southern (State of Santa Catarina) regions, always found in association with the water rat Nectomys squamipes (Brandt). This communication records the first occurrence of this tick species in the State of Parana, southern region of Brazil, and it constitutes its first report on Akodon montensis (Thomas) Aragão and Fonseca, 1951 (ONOFRIO et al., 2009;DANTAS-TORRES et al., 2009). A ninth species named Ixodes serrafreirei Amorim, Gazeta, Bossi and Linhares, 2003 was proposed based on the nymphal stage (AMORIM et al., 2003), but due to lack of proper description I. serrafreirei has been regarded as a nomen nudum (VENZAL et al., 2008;GUGLIELMONE et al., 2009).All Ixodes species are restricted to wild hosts, primarily mammals, but two are exclusively found in birds (LABRUNA et al., 2003;ONOFRIO et al., 2006). Among these species, three are only known from females: I. amarali, I. fuscipes and I. schulzei (BARROS-BATTESTI et al., 2007). The latest species is endemic to Brazil and it has been found always in association with the water rat Nectomys squamipes (Brandt). Previous studies of life cycle under laboratory conditions suggest that I. schulzei could be a parthenogenetic species, since only female ticks were obtained from engorged nymphs (LABRUNA et al., 2003). Barros-Battesti et al. (2007) described the immature stages and redescribed the female of I. schulzei. This species has been reported from the states of Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo (southeastern), Santa Catarina (southern) and Rondonia (northern) (LABRUNA et al., 2003;ARZUA et al., 2005). This communication records the first occurrence of this tick species in State of Parana, southern region of Brazil, and it constitutes its Rev. Bras. Parasitol. Vet., Jaboticabal, v. 22, n. 1, p. 159-161, jan.-mar. 2013 Onofrio, V.C. et al. (Figure 1). The rodent A. montensis was the most frequently trapped species followed by O. russatus and N. squamipes. On this latest rodent, 52 immature ticks of the species I. schulzei were collected. Two nymphs of this tick species were also found on O. russatus; they were preserved in alcohol and deposited at the Acari Collection from "Instituto Butantan" under the number IBSP 09130. In June 2009, we returned to the same area to make new collects of rodents. During 5 days, a total of 14 specimens of Akodon were trapped, but no N. squamipes was collected. Unexpectedly, two larvae and one nymph of I. schulzei were collected on A. montensis. The identification of the latter host was based on cytogenetic data (2n = 24 e 2n = 24 + 1B) according to Christoff (2007).The nymph died after collection and it was then immersed in alcohol. Larvae were taken to the laboratory, fed on Calomys callosus Rengger, and maintained in BOD incubator at 27 °C and 95% RH; the same was done with the two emerged nymphs. On September 14, ...

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Comments on controversial tick (Acari: Ixodida) species names and species described or resurrected from 2003 to 2008

Cited by 63 publications

References 42 publications

The genus Hyalomma Koch, 1844. X. Redescription of all parasitic stages of H. (Euhyalomma) scupense Schulze, 1919 (= H. detritum Schulze) (Acari: Ixodidae) and notes on its biology

The genus Hyalomma Koch, 1844. X. Redescription of all parasitic stages of H. (Euhyalomma) scupense Schulze, 1919 (= H. detritum Schulze) (Acari: Ixodidae) and notes on its biology

Electronic polytomous and dichotomous keys to the genera and species of hard ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) present in New Zealand

Noteworthy records of Ixodes schulzei(Acari: Ixodidae) on rodents from the State of Parana, southern Brazil

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