Zoological Survey of India, New Alipore, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700053, India.
S.N. Pradhan Centre for Neurosciences, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700019, India.
Exp Appl Acarol. 2019 Jul;78(3):461-467. doi: 10.1007/s10493-019-00393-1. Epub 2019 Jun 5.
Zoonotic diseases transmitted through ticks and other ectoparasites often travel across the globe with illegally traded wildlife parts and products. In this study, we analyzed a confiscated case of pangolin scales and observed a few dead ticks attached. On genetic analysis, the pangolin scales were identified to be originated from Chinese pangolin (Manis pentadactyla), an IUCN listed Critically Endangered species, and ticks were identified as Amblyomma javanense. Here, we provide the first authentic physical record of A. javanense from India as a parasite of Chinese pangolin and also generated its species DNA barcode that may be useful for biologists working on ticks in species validation and constructing phylogenies across the globe.
通过蜱虫和其他外寄生虫传播的人畜共患疾病经常随着非法交易的野生动物部分和产品在全球范围内传播。在这项研究中，我们分析了一个穿山甲鳞片的没收案例，并观察到一些附着的死蜱虫。在遗传分析中，穿山甲鳞片被鉴定为来自中国穿山甲（Manis pentadactyla），IUCN 列为极度濒危物种，而蜱虫被鉴定为印度钝缘蜱（Amblyomma javanense）。在这里，我们提供了 A. javanense 作为中国穿山甲寄生虫的第一个真实的印度寄生虫的实体记录，并生成了它的物种 DNA 条码，这可能对全球范围内从事蜱虫物种验证和构建系统发育的生物学家有用。
