Luz Hermes Ribeiro, de Campos Carlos Eduardo Costa, Costa-Junior Livio Martins, Santos Ercileide Silva, Hass Adriani, Sousa Dauana Mesquita, de Moares E Silva Ruth Myrian, Rocha Josiane Moreira, Albuquerque George Rego, Argolo Antonio Jorge, Zacariotti Rogério, de Paula Catia Dejuste, Pereira Luiz Cezar Machado, Nicola Patricia Avello, Faccini João Luiz Horacio, Horta Mauricio Claudio, Nogueira Rafael Michael Silva, DallAgnol Leonardo Teixeira, Labruna Marcelo Bahia, Martins Thiago Fernandes
Parasite Control Laboratory. Post-Graduation Program in Northeast Biotechnology Network (RENORBIO), Biodiversity and Conservation, Health and Environment of Center of Biological and Health Sciences, Federal University of Maranhão, São Luís, MA 65085-580, Brazil.
Department of Biological and Health Sciences, Herpetology Laboratory, Bionorte Network Postgraduate Program in Biodiversity and Biotechnology, Federal University of Amapá, Rod. Juscelino Kubitscheck, km 02 - Jardim Marco Zero, Macapá, AP 68903-419, Brazil.
Ticks Tick Borne Dis. 2024 Nov;15(6):102377. doi: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2024.102377. Epub 2024 Jul 15.
Ticks parasitize a wide variety of wild animals, including amphibians and reptiles. In addition to the possibility of microorganism transmission to these hosts, ticks can also cause severe bleeding, and high parasitism can lead to death. Therefore, knowing the diversity of ticks parasitizing amphibians and reptiles is important for conservation and preservation measures for these vertebrates. In the present study, we report parasitism by ticks in amphibians and reptiles from different Brazilian biomes (Amazon, Caatinga, Cerrado and Atlantic Forest). Ticks were collected from amphibians and reptiles deposited from the Herpetological Collection of the Federal University of Maranhão (UFMA), São Luís (Maranhão State), the State University Santa Cruz (UESC), Ilhéus (Bahia State), and the Federal University of São Francisco Valley (Univasf), Petrolina (Pernambuco State). Additionally, ticks were collected from amphibians and reptiles captured and road-killed in the Amazon biome, at Maranhão and Amapá States. Specimens of ticks were photographed under a Zeiss stereomicroscope (5.1 zoom). Map with the locations were made using the Qgis program. Overall, 1973 specimens of amphibians and reptiles were examined. A total of 927 ticks were collected: 98 larvae, 421 nymphs and 408 adults. Six species of ticks were identified: Amblyomma rotundatum and Amblyomma dissimile the most frequent, and Amblyomma cajennense sensu stricto, Amblyomma sculptum, Amblyomma nodosum and Amblyomma humerale, occasionally. Surprisingly, a total of twelve males of A. rotundatum were collected. Here we report new records of association between cold-blooded animals and ticks and reinforce the absence of A. dissimile in the Caatinga, Cerrado and Atlantic Forest biomes. Additionally, we report new records of A. rotundatum males on reptiles in the Amazon biome. This last record allows us to speculate about a possible association of A. rotundatum males with reptiles and the Amazon biome.
蜱虫寄生于多种野生动物,包括两栖动物和爬行动物。除了有将微生物传播给这些宿主的可能性外,蜱虫还会导致严重出血,大量寄生会导致死亡。因此,了解寄生于两栖动物和爬行动物的蜱虫多样性对于这些脊椎动物的保护措施至关重要。在本研究中,我们报告了来自巴西不同生物群落(亚马逊、卡廷加、塞拉多和大西洋森林)的两栖动物和爬行动物身上的蜱虫寄生情况。蜱虫采自马兰热联邦大学(UFMA)、圣路易斯(马兰热州)、圣克鲁斯州立大学(UESC)、伊列乌斯(巴伊亚州)以及圣弗朗西斯科河谷联邦大学(Univasf)、佩特罗利纳(伯南布哥州)的爬虫学收藏中所保存的两栖动物和爬行动物。此外,蜱虫还采自于在亚马逊生物群落中捕获的以及被道路撞死的两栖动物和爬行动物,地点位于马兰热州和阿马帕州。蜱虫标本在蔡司体视显微镜(5.1倍变焦)下拍照。使用Qgis程序绘制了带有地点的地图。总体而言,共检查了1973份两栖动物和爬行动物标本。总共收集到927只蜱虫:98只幼虫、421只若虫和408只成虫。鉴定出六种蜱虫:最常见的是圆盾硬蜱和异形硬蜱,偶尔还有狭义卡延硬蜱、雕刻硬蜱、结节硬蜱和肩突硬蜱。令人惊讶的是,总共收集到了12只圆盾硬蜱雄蜱。在此我们报告冷血动物与蜱虫之间新的关联记录,并强调在卡廷加、塞拉多和大西洋森林生物群落中不存在异形硬蜱。此外,我们报告了亚马逊生物群落中圆盾硬蜱雄蜱在爬行动物身上的新记录。这最后一个记录使我们能够推测圆盾硬蜱雄蜱与爬行动物以及亚马逊生物群落之间可能存在的关联。