NDLI: Description of a new species of bat-associated argasid tick (Acari: Argasidae) from Brazil.

Content Provider	World Health Organization (WHO)-Global Index Medicus
Author	Dantas-Torres, Filipe Venzal, José M. Bernardi, Leopoldo F. O. Ferreira, Rodrigo L. Onofrio, Valéria C. Marcili, Arlei Bermúdez, Sergio E. Ribeiro, Alberto F. Barros-Battesti, Darci M. Labruna, Marcelo B.
Spatial Coverage	Brazil
Description	Country affiliation: Italy Author Affiliation: Dantas-Torres F ( Dipartimento di Sanità Pubblica e Zootecnia, Facoltà di Medicina Veterinaria, Università degli Studi di Bari, Bari, Italy. filipe.vet@globo.com)
Abstract	A new species of argasid tick (Acari: Argasidae) is described from immature and adult specimens collected from several localities in Brazil. A complete morphological account is provided for all postembryonic life stages, i.e., larva, nymph, female, and male. Ornithodoros cavernicolous n. sp. is the 113(th) in the genus. Morphologically, the new species shares common features, e.g., presence of well-developed cheeks and legs with micromammillate cuticle, with other bat-associated argasid ticks included in the subgenus Alectorobius. In particular, the new species is morphologically related to Ornithodoros azteci Matheson, with which it forms a species group. Phylogenetic analysis based on the 16S rRNA gene sequences supports the placement of the new species within a large clade that includes other New World bat-associated argasids. However, the new species seems to represent an independent lineage within the genus Ornithodoros.
File Format	HTM / HTML
ISSN	00223395
Issue Number	1
Volume Number	98
e-ISSN	19372345
Journal	Journal of Parasitology
Language	English
Publisher	American Society of Parasitologists
Publisher Date	2012-02-01
Publisher Place	United States
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Subject Keyword	Discipline Parasitology Chiroptera Parasitology Ornithodoros Classification Tick Infestations Veterinary Animals Base Sequence Brazil Dna, Ribosomal Chemistry Isolation & Purification Female Male Microscopy, Electron, Scanning Molecular Sequence Data Anatomy & Histology Genetics Phylogeny Polymerase Chain Reaction Rna, Ribosomal, 16s Sequence Alignment Journal Article Research Support, Non-u.s. Gov't
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Medicine Parasitology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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