Diagnoses of and illustrated key to the species of Ixodes Latreille, 1795 (Acari: Ixodidae) from Brazil

Valeria Castilho Onofrio; Darci Moraes Barros-Battesti; Marcelo Bahia Labruna; João Luiz Horácio Faccini

doi:10.1007/s11230-008-9169-z

Diagnoses of and illustrated key to the species of Ixodes Latreille, 1795 (Acari: Ixodidae) from Brazil

Syst Parasitol. 2009 Feb;72(2):143-57. doi: 10.1007/s11230-008-9169-z. Epub 2008 Dec 30.

Authors

Valeria Castilho Onofrio¹, Darci Moraes Barros-Battesti, Marcelo Bahia Labruna, João Luiz Horácio Faccini

Affiliation

¹ Laboratório de Parasitologia, Instituto Butantan, Av. Vital Brasil 1500, 05503-900, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil. valcastilho@butantan.gov.br

PMID: 19115087
DOI: 10.1007/s11230-008-9169-z

Abstract

The current Brazilian Ixodes fauna is composed of the following eight species: I. amarali Fonseca, 1935; I. aragaoi Fonseca, 1935; I. auritulus Neumann, 1904; I. fuscipes Koch, 1844; I. loricatus Neumann, 1899; I. luciae Sénevet, 1940; I. paranaensis Barros-Battesti, Arzua, Pichorim & Keirans, 2003; and I. schulzei Aragão & Fonseca, 1951. Further studies are needed to establish the taxonomic status of I. serrafreirei Amorim, Gazeta, Bossi & Linhares, 2003, a recently proposed species based solely on the nymphal stage. We present an up-to-date key to adults of the currently valid Brazilian species of Ixodes based on scanning electron microscopy. The relationships between Brazilian and other Neotropical Ixodes are also discussed.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Brazil
Ixodes / anatomy & histology*
Ixodes / classification*
Microscopy, Electron, Scanning