Muñoz-Leal Sebastián, Domínguez Lillian, Armstrong Brittany A, Labruna Marcelo B, Bermúdez C Sergio
Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva e Saúde Animal, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
Medical Entomology Department, Gorgas Memorial Institute of Health Studies, Panama City, Panama.
Exp Appl Acarol. 2020 Jul;81(3):469-481. doi: 10.1007/s10493-020-00516-z. Epub 2020 Jun 30.
Ornithodoros capensis sensu lato (s.l.) is a morphologically similar group of soft ticks that parasitizes mostly seabirds in continental and offshore territories worldwide. Ornithodoros capensis sensu stricto (s.s.) has been previously recorded in many islands and coastal localities along the American continent; however, some records from Central America remain obscure. In this work we performed morphological and molecular analyses on soft ticks collected in Coiba National Park, an archipelago located in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Panama, confirming the occurrence of O. capensis s.s. in this country for the first time. In addition, a morphological examination of museum specimens collected in Costa Rica, and a further locality in Panama, confirmed that O. capensis s.l. is established in the former country, and that its distribution along Panamanian shores is likely larger.
广义的海角钝缘蜱（Ornithodoros capensis sensu lato，s.l.）是一类形态相似的软蜱，主要寄生于全球大陆和近海区域的海鸟。狭义的海角钝缘蜱（Ornithodoros capensis sensu stricto，s.s.）此前已在美洲大陆的许多岛屿和沿海地区有记录；然而，中美洲的一些记录仍不明确。在这项研究中，我们对从位于巴拿马海岸外太平洋的科伊瓦国家公园采集的软蜱进行了形态学和分子分析，首次证实了该国存在狭义的海角钝缘蜱。此外，对在哥斯达黎加以及巴拿马另一个地点采集的博物馆标本进行的形态学检查证实，广义的海角钝缘蜱在哥斯达黎加有分布，并且其在巴拿马海岸的分布可能更广。
