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Ixodes brunneus (Acari: Ixodidae) from Two Bird Hosts: A New Michigan Tick
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Keith, Richard S. Keith, Brenda S. Scharf, William C. Hamer, Sarah A. |
| Copyright Year | 2015 |
| Abstract | The tick Ixodes brunneus Koch (Acari: Ixodidae) is reported for the first time in Michigan from two bird hosts at two locations in the lower peninsula. All stages of this tick exclusively feed on birds, and are primarily known from the southern U.S., although abundant records occur from northern states. The role of this species as a vector of pathogens is discussed. ____________________ The authors regularly mist-netted and banded birds during spring and fall migration. RSK and BSK collected ticks at the Pitsfield Banding Station, 42°10′ N, 85° 30′ W, near Vicksburg, MI, where approximately 60,000 birds were checked for ticks during 14 of the last 18 years of spring, summer, and fall field research. WCS collected ticks at Chippewa Run Banding Station, 44° 49′ N, 86° 31′ W, near Empire, MI, where approximately 2,500 birds were checked for ticks over 8 seasons of spring and fall field research. Ticks were preserved in 70% ethanol and identified based on the taxonomic criteria outlined by Cooley and Kohls (1945), Keirans and Clifford (1978), and Keirans and Litwak (1989). We collected two engorged or partially engorged adult female Ixodes brunneus Koch from two species of ground-level foraging migratory birds. The bird host at Pitsfield was a White-throated Sparrow, Zonotrichia albicollis (Gmelin) captured on 18 April 2010 (Figure 1). The bird host at Chippewa Run was a Lincoln’s Sparrow, Melospiza lincolnii (Audubon) captured on 7 May 2015 and is deposited in the U.S. National Tick Collection (Catalogue no. USNMENT00862224). Additionally, the identification of the Vicksburg tick was confirmed based on amplification and DNA sequencing of the tick 12S mitochondrial rRNA gene (Beati and Keirans 2001) from a single tick leg. The DNA sequence from the Vicksburg tick shared >99% homology with an I. brunneus nymph from North Carolina, and has been made available in a national database for future analyses (Genbank accession no. KT748755). |
| Starting Page | 15 |
| Ending Page | 15 |
| Page Count | 1 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Volume Number | 48 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://scholar.valpo.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1028&context=tgle |
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| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
