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Rev. Iber. Aracnol., Vol.
40 (2022)
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Presencia de
Amblyomma rotundatum Koch, 1844 (Ixodida: Ixodidae) en Cuba |
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Luis F. de Armas |
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Apartado Postal 4327, San Antonio de los
Baños, Artemisa 38100, Cuba. luisdearmas1945@gmail.com |
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Resumen: |
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Se registra por
primera vez la presencia de la garrapata partenogenética Amblyomma
rotundatum Koch, 1844 en Cuba, a partir de una hembra repleta
recolectada sobre una hembra adulta (LHC = 385 MM) de la pequeña boa
Tropidophis spiritus Hedges & Garrido, 1999, en la Estación
Ecologica de Banao, sur de la provincia de Sancti Spíritus. Además, se
registra Amblyomma sp. sobre Tropidophis melanurus
Schlegel, 1837. Estos constituyen los únicos casos conocidos de
parasitación por garrapatas en serpientes de la familia Tropidophiidae. |
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Palabra clave:
Ixodidae, Ixodidae, Tropidophis spiritus, boa enana, garrapatas,
historia natural, |
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ectoparásito, Cuba. |
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Presence of
Amblyoma rotundatum Koch, 1844 (Ixodiformes: Ixodidae) in Cuba |
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Abstract: |
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The presence in Cuba
of the parthenogenetic tick Amblyomma rotundatum Koch, 1844 is
recorded for the first time, on the basis of a replete adult female
found on an adult female (SVL 385 mm) of the dwerf boa Tropidophis
spiritus Hedges & Garrido, 1999, collected in the Ecological Station
of Banao, southeastern Sancti Spiritus province. Also, Amblyomma sp.
is recorded from Tropidophis melanurus Schlegel, 1837. Those are
the only known cases of ticks parasitising snakes of the family
Tropidophiidae. |
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Kay words:
Ixodidae, Ixodidae, Tropidophis spiritus, dwarf boa, ticks,
natural history, ectoparasite, Cuba. |
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