新墨西哥州蝙蝠身上的蜱虫（蜱螨亚纲）感染情况。

Tick (Acari) infestations of bats in New Mexico.

作者信息

Steinlein D B, Durden L A, Cannon W L

机构信息

Institute of Arthropodology and Parasitology, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro 30460, USA.

出版信息

J Med Entomol. 2001 Jul;38(4):609-11. doi: 10.1603/0022-2585-38.4.609.

DOI:10.1603/0022-2585-38.4.609

PMID:11476346

Abstract

A total of 278 bats belonging to 16 species was examined for ticks from various sites in New Mexico from 1994 to 1998. Seven species of bats were parasitized by ticks: larvae of Ornithodoros kelleyi Cooley & Kohls, Ornithodoros rossi Kohls, Sonenshine & Clifford (Argasidae), or both. Both species of ticks are reported from New Mexico for the first time. Infestation prevalences for parasitized bats ranged from 2 to 25% on different host species for O. kelleyi and from 7 to 25% for O. rossi. The pallid bat, Antrozous pallidus, and the big brown bat. Eptesicus fuscus, were parasitized by both tick species. No distinct host specificity was noted for either tick species.

摘要

1994年至1998年期间，对新墨西哥州不同地点的16种共278只蝙蝠进行了蜱虫检查。七种蝙蝠被蜱虫寄生：凯利钝缘蜱（Ornithodoros kelleyi Cooley & Kohls）、罗氏钝缘蜱（Ornithodoros rossi Kohls, Sonenshine & Clifford）（软蜱科）的幼虫，或两种蜱虫都有。这两种蜱虫均首次在新墨西哥州被发现。寄生蝙蝠的感染率方面，凯利钝缘蜱在不同宿主物种上为2%至25%，罗氏钝缘蜱为7%至25%。苍白洞蝠（Antrozous pallidus）和大棕蝠（Eptesicus fuscus）被这两种蜱虫都寄生了。两种蜱虫均未表现出明显的宿主特异性。