Unidad de Entomología Aplicada, Instituto de Investigación en Zoonosis (CIZ), Universidad Central del Ecuador, Hospital del Día Building, Third Floor, Jerónimo Leiton and Gatto Sobral Streets, Quito, Ecuador.
Grupo de Investigación en Biodiversidad, Zoonosis y Salud Pública (GIBCIZ), Universidad Central del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador.
Acta Parasitol. 2020 Jun;65(2):430-440. doi: 10.2478/s11686-020-00173-7. Epub 2020 Feb 19.
In Ecuador, knowledge of the diversity and geographic distribution of ticks, as well as their importance as vectors, is scarce. Within the family Ixodidae, the genus Amblyomma is the most diverse and parasitizes wild and domestic animals. This genus is represented by 19 species in Ecuador, 12 of which occur in the continental territory and 7 in the Galapagos Islands. In this way, the objective of this work was to update the diversity of ticks reported for Ecuador on wild and domestic animals.
The specimens were collected manually on mammals and birds, in four localities belonging to the Sierra and Amazon of Ecuador and were kept in tubes with 96% ethyl alcohol. After that, all specimens were separated into immatures, males and females and were identified using their morphological characters.
This study records Amblyomma coelebs Neumann, 1899, Amblyomma longirostre (Koch, 1844) Neumann, 1905 and Amblyomma varium Koch, 1844 for the first time in Ecuador. Thus, the genus Amblyomma is currently represented by 22 species. In addition, their hosts, distribution, and importance are also discussed.
Knowing the diversity of ticks that wildlife possesses, its interrelation with the domestic fauna, and the possible pathogens that could be transmitting could significantly contribute to wildlife's conservation.
在厄瓜多尔，蜱虫的多样性和地理分布及其作为传播媒介的重要性知之甚少。在硬蜱科中，钝缘蜱属是最多样化的，寄生在野生动物和家畜身上。该属在厄瓜多尔有 19 种，其中 12 种发生在大陆地区，7 种发生在加拉帕戈斯群岛。因此，这项工作的目的是更新厄瓜多尔报告的野生动物和家畜上的蜱虫多样性。
标本通过手动采集来自哺乳动物和鸟类，来自厄瓜多尔的塞拉和亚马逊的四个地点，并保存在装有 96%乙基酒精的管中。之后，所有标本被分为幼体、雄性和雌性，并根据其形态特征进行鉴定。
本研究首次在厄瓜多尔记录了钝缘蜱属的 Amblyomma coelebs Neumann, 1899、Amblyomma longirostre (Koch, 1844) Neumann, 1905 和 Amblyomma varium Koch, 1844。因此，钝缘蜱属目前有 22 种。此外，还讨论了它们的宿主、分布和重要性。
了解野生动物所拥有的蜱虫多样性、它与家畜群的相互关系以及可能传播的病原体，将极大地有助于野生动物的保护。
