Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) on swifts (Apodiformes: Apodidae) in Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil

Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) on swifts (Apodiformes: Apodidae) in Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil

Brazil harbors five species of Cypseloidinae swifts. Those from Streptoprocne and Cypseloides genera have a very distinct ecology. They shelter at night and build nests in moist cliffs by waterfalls. Information about tick infestation of these birds is virtually non-existent and restricted to the de...

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Published in:Experimental & applied acarology Vol. 64; no. 2; pp. 259 - 263
Main Authors: Tolesano-Pascoli, Graziela, Garcia, Frederico Innecco, Gomes, Carla Raphaela Gonzaga, Diniz, Kátia Cristina, Onofrio, Valeria Castilho, Venzal, José Manuel, Szabó, Matias Pablo Juan
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer-Verlag 01-10-2014
Springer International Publishing
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:
Acari
Amblyomma cajennense
Animal Ecology
Animal Genetics and Genomics
Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography
Animals
Apodidae
Apodiformes
Argasidae
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Bird Diseases - epidemiology
Bird Diseases - parasitology
Birds
Brazil - epidemiology
cerrado
cliffs
Cypseloides
ecosystems
Entomology
Female
Harbors
Ixodes
Ixodidae
Ixodidae - classification
Life Sciences
nests
new species
Ornithodoros
Species Specificity
Streptoprocne
Streptoprocne zonaris
tick infestations
Tick Infestations - epidemiology
Tick Infestations - parasitology
Tick Infestations - veterinary
ticks
Brazil
Swifts
Argasidae
Southeastern Brazil
Waterfalls
Ticks
Ixodidae
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Summary:Brazil harbors five species of Cypseloidinae swifts. Those from Streptoprocne and Cypseloides genera have a very distinct ecology. They shelter at night and build nests in moist cliffs by waterfalls. Information about tick infestation of these birds is virtually non-existent and restricted to the description of a new species, Ixodes paranaensis, in Streptoprocne biscutata in Paraná State and another record of this species in Streptoprocne zonaris in Minas Gerais State. We herein report tick infestation of swifts at eight waterfalls in the Cerrado biome of Minas Gerais State, southeastern Brazil. Swifts were captured during six campaigns from November 2008 to April 2013. Overall, 584 swifts were captured (527 C. senex, four C. fumigatus and 53 S. zonaris). Four birds were tick infested (prevalence of 0.7 %). Three individuals of C. senex hosted one tick each; a nymph of I. paranaensis, a female of I. paranaensis and a nymph of Amblyomma cajennense. One S. zonaris hosted an I. paranaensis nymph and an Ornithodoros sp. larva (Argasidae).
Bibliography:http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10493-014-9797-8
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ISSN:0168-8162
1572-9702
DOI:10.1007/s10493-014-9797-8