Epidemiological study of ticks collected from the northern tamandua (Tamandua mexicana) and a literature review of ticks of Myrmecophagidae anteaters

Surveillance of ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) on monitored free-ranging giant anteaters and on road-killed anteaters and armadillos in the State of Mato Grosso do Sul, Midwestern Brazil

“…Adults of A. nodosum were collected on both giant anteaters and collared anteaters, in accordance with the literature that points out anteaters as primary hosts for the adults of A. nodosum (Muñoz-García et al 2019;Szabó et al 2019). Whereas larvae and nymphs are primarily associated with passerine birds (Ogrzewalska et al 2009).…”

“…Recent review research in 14 countries in Central and South America showed that the main tick species associated with anteaters are Amblyomma auricularium (Conil), Amblyomma cajennense (Fabricius) complex, Amblyomma calcaratum Neumann and Amblyomma nodosum Neumann (Muñoz-García et al 2019). On the other hand, the main tick species associated with armadillos are A. auricularium , Amblyomma parvum Aragão , Amblyomma pseudoconcolor Aragão and A. sculptum (Martins et al 2011; Kluyber et al 2016).…”

Ehrlichia spp. and Anaplasma spp. in Xenarthra mammals from Brazil, with evidence of novel ‘Candidatus Anaplasma spp.’

“…While giant anteaters and southern anteaters are usually parasitized by A . nodosum , A. sculptum, and A. calcaratum , armadillos are frequently parasitized by A. pseudoconcolor , A. auricularium, and A. sculptum 27 , 79 – 82 . These studies show the high parasitic specificity of some species of ticks that infest these animals.…”

First report of Ornithodoros puertoricensis (Argasidae) and Amblyomma dissimile (Ixodidae) on Tamandua mexicana (Myrmecophagidae)

“…A 99.51% identity percentage was obtained for O. puertoricensis MZ005590.1 and MZ005589.1 (López et al 2021) with the 16S rRNA sequence. For the CO1 sequence, an identity of 82.55% was obtained with the species Ornithodoros spheniscus MN027573.1 (Muñoz-García et al 2019), this is due to the fact that in GenBank there are no records of sequences of this gene for O. puertoricensis. For A. dissimile an identity of 98.97% was obtained with the sequence of 16S rRNA KY389391.1 (Ulloa et al 2019) and 100% for the sequence of CO1 MF095086.1 (Santodomingo et al 2018).…”

“…There are few records of ticks on T. mexicana, all of which correspond to hard tick species (Muñoz-García et al 2019;Guglielmone et al 2021). Amblyomma dissimile is a tick whose main hosts are amphibians and reptiles (Guglielmone & Nava 2010), however, it has also been found parasitizing a large number of hosts, including birds and mammals (Nava et al 2017).…”