Keirans J E, Hutcheson H J, Oliver J H
Institute of Arthropodology and Parasitology, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro 30460.
J Med Entomol. 1992 Mar;29(2):371-3. doi: 10.1093/jmedent/29.2.371.
Ornithodoros (Alectorobius) capensis Neumann, an ectoparasite of seabirds found circumglobally in the tropics and subtropics, has become established along the southeastern seacoast of the United States. The tick has been found feeding primarily on brown pelicans, Pelecanus occidentalis, but also has been found on the laughing gull, Larus atricilla, and the American oystercatcher, Haematopus palliatus. We report here the presence of O. (A.) capensis from New Hanover and Brunswick counties (near the mouth of the Cape Fear River) in North Carolina, to the Charleston Harbor area of South Carolina and thence south to Cumberland Island (a barrier island) in Camden County, Georgia, just north of the Florida state line.
海角钝缘蜱（Alectorobius属），一种在热带和亚热带地区全球分布的海鸟体外寄生虫，已在美国东南沿海地区定殖。已发现这种蜱主要以褐鹈鹕（西方鹈鹕）为食，但也在笑鸥和美洲蛎鹬身上发现过。我们在此报告，在北卡罗来纳州新汉诺威县和布伦瑞克县（靠近弗吉尼亚角河河口）、南卡罗来纳州查尔斯顿港地区，以及向南至佐治亚州卡姆登县（位于佛罗里达州州界以北）的坎伯兰岛（一个堰洲岛）均发现了海角钝缘蜱。
