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Carios mimon (Acari: Argasidae): description of adults and redescription of larva

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Author(s):
Barros-Battesti, Darci Moraes [1] ; Landulfo, Gabriel Alves [1] ; Onofrio, Valeria Castilho [1] ; Horacio Faccini, Joao Luiz [2] ; Marcili, Arlei [3] ; Nieri-Bastos, Fernanda Aparecida [4] ; Venzal, Jose Manuel [5] ; Labruna, Marcelo Bahia [4]
Total Authors: 8
Affiliation:
[1] Inst Butantan, Lab Parasitol, BR-05503900 Sao Paulo - Brazil
[2] Univ Fed Rural Rio de Janeiro UFRRJ, Dept Parasitol Anim DPA, Inst Vet IV, BR-23890000 Seropedica, RJ - Brazil
[3] Univ Sao Paulo, Inst Ciencias Biomed, Dept Parasitol, BR-05508900 Sao Paulo - Brazil
[4] Univ Sao Paulo USP, Dept Med Vet Prevent & Saude Anim, Fac Med Vet & Zootecnia FMVZ, BR-05508270 Sao Paulo - Brazil
[5] Univ Republica, Fac Vet, Dept Parasitol Vet, Montevideo - Uruguay
Total Affiliations: 5
Document type: Journal article
Source: Experimental and Applied Acarology; v. 54, n. 1, p. 93-104, MAY 2011.
Web of Science Citations: 14
Abstract

Carios mimon is an argasid tick common on Chiroptera, originally described from larvae collected on bats Mimon crenulatum from Bolivia and Eptesicus brasiliensis from Uruguay. Later it was also registered from Argentina and recently included among the Brazilian tick fauna. In Brazil, this species is very aggressive to man, resulting in intense inflammatory response and pain. It is known only by the larval description and its morphology resembles that from other species currently included into the genus Carios, formerly classified into the subgenus Alectorobius, genus Ornithodoros. Here we describe adults and redescribe the larva of C. mimon, based on light and scanning electron microscopy. Remarks about its morphological similarity with other species of this genus are also discussed. Molecular analysis inferred from a portion of the 16S rRNA mitochondrial gene placed C. mimon in a cluster supported by maximal bootstrap value (100%) with other argasid species (mostly bat parasites in the New World), which have been classified into either the genus Ornithodoros or Carios, depending on the Argasidae classification adopted by different authors. (AU)