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

Author(s)

Onofrio, Valeria Castilho ^[1] ; Barros-Battesti, Darci Moraes ^[1] ; Labruna, Marcelo Bahia ^[2] ; Horacio Faccini, Joao Luiz ^[3]

Affiliation

^[1] Inst Butantan, Parasitol Lab, BR-05503900 Sao Paulo - Brazil

^[2] Univ Sao Paulo, Fac Med Vet & Zootecnia, Dept Med Vet Prevent & Saude Anim, BR-05508900 Sao Paulo - Brazil

^[3] Univ Fed Rural Rio de Janeiro, Inst Vet, Dept Parasitol Anim, BR-23890000 Seropedica, RJ - Brazil

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: Systematic Parasitology; v. 72, n. 2, p. 143-157, FEB 2009.
• Web of Science Citations: 24

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 S,nevet, 1940; I. paranaensis Barros-Battesti, Arzua, Pichorim \& Keirans, 2003; and I. schulzei AragA o pound \& 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. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 99/05446-8 - Biodiversity of Arachnida and Myriapoda of the State of São Paulo
• Grantee: Antonio Domingos Brescovit
• Support Opportunities: BIOTA-FAPESP Program - Thematic Grants