Kwak Mackenzie L, Mintram Kate
Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources, 5 Ring Road, Bundoora, VIC, 3186, Australia.
James Cook University, P.O. Box 6811, Cairns, QLD, 4870, Australia.
Exp Appl Acarol. 2017 Jan;71(1):97-102. doi: 10.1007/s10493-016-0104-8. Epub 2017 Jan 7.
A rare opportunity to travel to Herald's Beacon Islet with permission from the Australian government to collect ticks allowed for a survey of the tick fauna of the island to be undertaken for the first time. The avian fauna of the island, which serve as hosts, was also recorded and includes one new species record for the island. The seabird soft tick Ornithodoros capensis Neumann and the seabird hard tick Amblyomma loculosum Neumann were found to be present on the island. Images of the ticks present on the island are presented along with morphological characters for their identification.
在获得澳大利亚政府许可的情况下，有一个难得的机会前往先驱灯塔岛采集蜱虫，从而首次对该岛的蜱类动物群进行调查。作为宿主的该岛鸟类动物群也被记录下来，其中包括该岛一个新的物种记录。在该岛上发现了海鸟软蜱——卡彭斯钝缘蜱（Ornithodoros capensis Neumann）和海鸟硬蜱——多孔硬蜱（Amblyomma loculosum Neumann）。文中展示了该岛上蜱虫的图片以及用于识别它们的形态特征。
