Some ecological aspects of free-living Haemaphysalis juxtakochi Cooley, 1946 (Acari: Ixodidae) in Panama
Objective. To describe the seasonal variation and perform a comparative analysis on habitat preference of Haemaphysalis juxtakochi in Panama. Materials and methods. Ticks were collected from the vegetation, using a white cloth, between January 2009 and March 2010, in four site located in Summit M...
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| Formato: | info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo |
| Lenguaje: | Español Inglés |
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Universidad de Córdoba (Colombia)
2017
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| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/1054 http://www.scielo.org.co/pdf/mvz/v19n1/v19n1a08.pdf https://doi.org/10.21897/rmvz.118 |
| Sumario: | Objective. To describe the seasonal variation and perform a comparative analysis on habitat
preference of Haemaphysalis juxtakochi in Panama. Materials and methods. Ticks were collected
from the vegetation, using a white cloth, between January 2009 and March 2010, in four site located
in Summit Municipal Park (SMP), two in wooded area (WA) and two in grasslands (GR).The ticks were
determined as larvae, nymphs and adults of H. juxtakochi. The number of ticks collected in each
area was employed to describe the seasonal distribution of both immature and adult stages, and the
non-parametric Mann-Whitney U test. Results. A total of 2.338 ticks in WA and 560 ticks in GR were
collected. The major peak of adults from May to July, nymphs peaked from January to April and the
peak of larvae abundance from December and January. There was a significant difference in the number
of ticks collected in the two areas for each tick stage (larvae, mean number (MN) in WA 120.14, MN
in GR 57.07, P: 0.02; nymphs, MN in WA 46.42, MN in GR 16.38, P: 0.018; adults, MN in WA 6.64,
MN in GR 1.78, P: 0.02). Conclusions. The results suggest that H. juxtakochi maintains a one-year
cycle in the study areas. This cycle would be characterized by the immature population peaks in the
dry season; while adults are distributed throughout year, with a peak in the transition from the rainy
and dry. Moreover, H. juxtakochi was more abundant in forests than in grasslands, which could lead
to a better adaptation to forested conditions. |
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