<p align="left"><strong><em>Ornithodoros sawaii </em></strong><strong>Kitaoka and Suzuki<em> </em>(Acari: Ixodida: Argasidae) collected from nest soil and litter of <em>Synthliboramphus</em> <em>antiquus</em> and </strong><strong><em>Hydrobates</em></strong><strong><em> </em></strong><strong><em>monorhis</em></strong><strong>,</strong> <strong&

First record of Ornithodoros faccinii (Acari: Argasidae) on toads of genus Rhinella (Anura: Bufonidae) in Brazil

“…The first species, except Antarctica, occurs in all zoogeographic regions of the world, including the coasts of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans in the Neotropical Region, while v. 27, n. 3, july.-sept. 2018 393/395 393 Record of Ornithodoros faccinii on toads of genus Rhinella, Brazil the latter was restricted to the Japanese islands (KIM et al, 2015;MUÑOZ-LEAL et al, 2017a). In this same analysis, it could be seen that these three species were grouped within a larger clade that included Ornithodoros marinkellei Kohls, Clifford & Jones 1969, Ornithodoros fonsecai (Labruna & Venzal, 2009, Ornithodoros rioplatensis Venzal, Estrada-Peña & Mangold, 2008, and O. puertoricensis. In turn, using the longer 16S mitochondrial rRNA sequence (428 bp) that was obtained through the current study, our phylogenetic tree showed that O. faccinii forms a monophyletic group with O. saraivai and that it clusters within a larger clade that rather excludes O. capensis and O. sawaii from the group.…”

“…Although, in the original description of O. faccinii, Barros-Battesti et al (2015) used the same primers as in the current study in order to sequence an approximately 460-bp fragment of mitochondrial 16S rRNA, the sequence available for this species did not exceed 366 bp, and was 62 bp smaller than the sequence presented in the current study, which was composed of 428 bp. Barros-Battesti et al (2015) constructed a phylogenetic tree in which O. faccinii clustered in a clade with Ornithodoros capensis Neumann, 1901, andOrnithodoros sawaii Kitaoka &Susuki, 1973. The first species, except Antarctica, occurs in all zoogeographic regions of the world, including the coasts of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans in the Neotropical Region, while v.…”

“…Most Neotropical species of the family Argasidae have been recorded as parasitizing a wide variety of wild mammals, birds, reptiles and, to a lesser extent, amphibians (RAMOS et al, 2015;SPONCHIADO et al, 2015;LABRUNA et al, 2016;MUÑOZ-LEAL et al, 2016). Until now, only anurans of the families Bufonidae and Cycloramphidae have been recorded in association with soft ticks, restricted exclusively to species of the genus Ornithodoros (CAPRILES & GAUD, 1977;RIVAS et al, 2012;BERMÚDEZ et al, 2013;BARROS-BATTESTI et al, 2015;MUÑOZ-LEAL et al, 2017b).…”

Ornithodoros sawaii (Acari: Ixodida: Argasidae) collected from nest soil/litter of Synthliboramphus antiquus, Synthliboramphus wumizusume, and nest soil/litter and nestlings of Hydrobates monorhis on Gugul and Sogugul Islands, Jeollanam Province, Republic of Korea

“…Ornithodoros sawaii was first described in 1973, but in Japan it is known only from nests of the Streaked Shearwater and Swinhoe's Storm Petrel located on the Japanese islands of Hanmya, Miyazaki, Shimane, Maizuru, Kyoto, and Ishikawa (Kitaoka & Suzuki 1973, 1974, Kawabata et al 2006, Takano et al 2014. In Korea, O. sawaii larvae were recovered from the wing and abdomen of Swinhoe's Storm Petrel on Sogugul and Gaerin Islands (Kim et al 2016a), and nymphs and adults were collected from nest soil/litter during the nesting season of the Ancient Murrelet and Swinhoe's Storm Petrel on Chilbal Island (Kim et al 2015(Kim et al , 2016b.…”

New distribution and host records for Ornithodoros capensis Neumann and Ornithodoros sawaii Kitaoka and Suzuki (Acari: Ixodida: Argasidae) collected from Black-tailed Gull, Larus crassirostris, nestlings and nest soil and litter on Hong and Nan Islands, Republic of Korea

“…The genus Ornithodoros Koch contains the largest number of described argasid species (112/ 193), and many of these are commonly associated with various seabird hosts throughout the world (Asanuma et al 1955;Asanuma 1960Asanuma , 1965Denmark & Clifford 1962;Yamaguti et al 1971;Jonkers et al 1973;Kitaoka & Suzuki 1973, 1974Hoogstraal et al 1976;Heath 1987Heath , 2006Murray et al 1990;Keirans et al 1992;Kawabata et al 2006;Guglielmone et al 2010;Gomez-Diaz et al 2012;Vander Velde & Vander Velde 2013;Dupraz et al 2016;Muñoz-Leal et al 2017), including Korea (Kim et al 2015(Kim et al , 2016a. However, the taxonomy of argasid ticks is confused because reliable morphological characters for identifying nymph and adult stages are often obscure or nonexistent.…”