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Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) of three Timor-Leste reptiles: first country record of Amblyomma helvolum, with new interactions and an updated list of host species
Oda, Fabrício H. Martins, Thiago F. Labruna, Marcelo B. O'Shea, Mark Kaiser, Hinrich
Oda, Fabrício H.
Martins, Thiago F.
Labruna, Marcelo B.
O'Shea, Mark
Kaiser, Hinrich
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2023-01-11
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We report on the presence of the ixodid tick Amblyomma helvolum on three species of reptiles from Timor-Leste. Among a total of 21 host specimens (lizards: 18 four-fingered skinks, Carlia sp. ‘Meleotegi’ and two forest skinks, Sphenomorphus sp. ‘Meleotegi’; snake: one Coelognathus subradiatus) four were parasitized by ticks. Whereas nymphs were associated with the lizards, an adult male was retrieved from the snake. This report is the first of A. helvolum for Timor-Leste, the first for the skink genera Carlia and Sphenomorphus, and the first for C. subradiatus. We present a comprehensive table with updated taxonomy of known associations between A. helvolum and other vertebrates.
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Oda, F.H., Martins, T.F., Labruna, M.B., O'Shea, M. and Kaiser, H. (2023) Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) of three Timor-Leste reptiles: first country record of Amblyomma helvolum, with new interactions and an updated list of host species. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases., 14(2), 102060.
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© 2023 The Authors. Published by Elsevier. This is an open access article available under a Creative Commons licence. The published version can be accessed at the following link on the publisher’s website: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2022.102060
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Fabrício H. Oda received a postdoctoral fellowship from the Fundaçaõ Cearense de Apoio ao Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (Grant n. 6471073/2017). Thiago F. Martins is supported by Fundaçaõ de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Saõ Paulo (FAPESP process n. 2019/03167-0, 2020/05987-1).