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Biology and life cycle of Amblyomma incisum (Acari: Ixodidae)

2009; Springer Science+Business Media; Volume: 48; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1007/s10493-008-9234-y

ISSN

1572-9702

Autores

Matias Pablo Juán Szabó, Lucas de Freitas Pereira, Márcio Botelho de Castro, Marcos Valério Garcia, Gustavo Seron Sanches, Marcelo B. Labruna,

Tópico(s)

Study of Mite Species

Resumo

Amblyomma incisum Neumann is a major tick species in the Atlantic Forest of Brazil. Tapir is the main host for adult ticks and a high aggressiveness of nymphs to humans has been reported. In this work data on the biology and life cycle of this tick species is presented for the first time. It was shown that horse is a suitable host for A. incisum adults and rabbit for larvae and nymphs. It was also shown that A. incisum is a big tick species (mean engorged female weight of 1.96 g) with a long life cycle which lasts 262.3 days when maintained at 27 degrees C and 85% RH. These laboratory conditions were, however, inappropriate and egg hatching rate (1.2%) was very low. Nevertheless egg hatching of ticks in a forest patch increased considerably (72.2%) indicating that this A. incisum population is highly dependent on a forest-like environment.

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