New records of soft ticks (Acari: Argasidae) from caves in Brazil, with a morphological study of Ornithodoros fonsecai and an analysis of the taxonomic status of Antricola inexpectata
In this study, we report soft ticks from bat-inhabiting caves in different areas of Brazil. From 2010 to 2019, we collected 807 tick specimens from nine caves located in four Brazilian states among two biomes. Ticks were morphologically identified as Antricola guglielmonei (282 specimens), Ornithodo...
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| author | Oliveira, Glauber M.B. de Muñoz-Leal, Sebastian Nava, Santiago Horta, Mauricio Claudio Bernardi, Leopoldo Venzal, José Manuel Labruna, Marcelo B. |
| author_browse | Bernardi, Leopoldo Horta, Mauricio Claudio Labruna, Marcelo B. Muñoz-Leal, Sebastian Nava, Santiago Oliveira, Glauber M.B. de Venzal, José Manuel |
| author_facet | Oliveira, Glauber M.B. de Muñoz-Leal, Sebastian Nava, Santiago Horta, Mauricio Claudio Bernardi, Leopoldo Venzal, José Manuel Labruna, Marcelo B. |
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| description | In this study, we report soft ticks from bat-inhabiting caves in different areas of Brazil. From 2010 to 2019, we collected 807 tick specimens from nine caves located in four Brazilian states among two biomes. Ticks were morphologically identified as Antricola guglielmonei (282 specimens), Ornithodoros cavernicolous (260 specimens), and Ornithodoros fonsecai (265 specimens). Whereas A. guglielmonei was collected on bat guano in hot caves, O. cavernicolous and O. fonsecai were collected in cracks and crevices on the walls of cold caves, sometimes in the same chamber. Morphological identifications were corroborated by molecular and phylogenetic analyses inferred from tick mitochondrial 16S rRNA gene partial sequences. The sequences of A. guglielmonei, O. cavernicolous and O. fonsecai collected in this study clustered with conspecific GenBank sequences from different localities of Brazil. Remarkably, a clade containing 12 sequences of O. fonsecai was clearly bifurcated, denoting a degree of genetic divergence (up to 5 %) of specimens from Cerrado/Atlantic Forest biomes with the specimens from the Caatinga biome. To further evaluate this divergence, we performed morphometric analysis of the larval stage of different O. fonsencai populations by principal component analysis, which indicated that the larvae from Caatinga populations were generally smaller than the larvae from other biomes. Some of the present A. guglielmonei specimens were collected from the type locality of Antricola inexpectata. Comparisons of these specimens with the type specimens of A. inexpectata and A. guglielmonei indicated that they could not be separated by their external morphology. Hence, we are relegating A. inexpectata to a synonym of A. guglielmonei. This proposal is corroborated by our phylogenetic analysis. |
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| spelling | INTA171242024-03-20T12:23:46Z New records of soft ticks (Acari: Argasidae) from caves in Brazil, with a morphological study of Ornithodoros fonsecai and an analysis of the taxonomic status of Antricola inexpectata Oliveira, Glauber M.B. de Muñoz-Leal, Sebastian Nava, Santiago Horta, Mauricio Claudio Bernardi, Leopoldo Venzal, José Manuel Labruna, Marcelo B. Argasidae Identification Ornithodoros Taxonomy Identificación Taxonomía Garrapatas Ornithodoros fonsecai Antricola inexpectata Antricola guglielmonei Ticks In this study, we report soft ticks from bat-inhabiting caves in different areas of Brazil. From 2010 to 2019, we collected 807 tick specimens from nine caves located in four Brazilian states among two biomes. Ticks were morphologically identified as Antricola guglielmonei (282 specimens), Ornithodoros cavernicolous (260 specimens), and Ornithodoros fonsecai (265 specimens). Whereas A. guglielmonei was collected on bat guano in hot caves, O. cavernicolous and O. fonsecai were collected in cracks and crevices on the walls of cold caves, sometimes in the same chamber. Morphological identifications were corroborated by molecular and phylogenetic analyses inferred from tick mitochondrial 16S rRNA gene partial sequences. The sequences of A. guglielmonei, O. cavernicolous and O. fonsecai collected in this study clustered with conspecific GenBank sequences from different localities of Brazil. Remarkably, a clade containing 12 sequences of O. fonsecai was clearly bifurcated, denoting a degree of genetic divergence (up to 5 %) of specimens from Cerrado/Atlantic Forest biomes with the specimens from the Caatinga biome. To further evaluate this divergence, we performed morphometric analysis of the larval stage of different O. fonsencai populations by principal component analysis, which indicated that the larvae from Caatinga populations were generally smaller than the larvae from other biomes. Some of the present A. guglielmonei specimens were collected from the type locality of Antricola inexpectata. Comparisons of these specimens with the type specimens of A. inexpectata and A. guglielmonei indicated that they could not be separated by their external morphology. Hence, we are relegating A. inexpectata to a synonym of A. guglielmonei. This proposal is corroborated by our phylogenetic analysis. EEA Rafaela Fil: Oliveira, Glauber M.B. de. Universidade de São Paulo. Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia. Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva e Saúde Animal; Brasil Fil: Muñoz-Leal, Sebastian. Universidad de Concepción. Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias. Departamento de Ciencia Animal; Chile Fil: Nava, Santiago. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Rafaela. Instituto de Investigación de la Cadena Láctea; Argentina Fil: Nava, Santiago. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Investigación de la Cadena Láctea; Argentina Fil: Horta, Mauricio Claudio. Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco. Laboratório de Doenças Parasitárias; Brasil Fil: Bernardi, Leopoldo. Universidade Federal de Lavras. Departamento de Entomologia; Brasil Fil: Venzal, José Manuel. Universidad de la República. Facultad de Veterinaria. Laboratorio de Vectores y Enfermedades Transmitidas; Uruguay Fil: Labruna, Marcelo B. Universidade de São Paulo. Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia. Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva e Saúde Animal; Brasil 2024-03-20T12:18:18Z 2024-03-20T12:18:18Z 2024-05 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/17124 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877959X24000244 1877-959X 1877-9603 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2024.102331 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) application/pdf Elsevier Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases 15 (3) : 102331. (May 2024) |
| spellingShingle | Argasidae Identification Ornithodoros Taxonomy Identificación Taxonomía Garrapatas Ornithodoros fonsecai Antricola inexpectata Antricola guglielmonei Ticks Oliveira, Glauber M.B. de Muñoz-Leal, Sebastian Nava, Santiago Horta, Mauricio Claudio Bernardi, Leopoldo Venzal, José Manuel Labruna, Marcelo B. New records of soft ticks (Acari: Argasidae) from caves in Brazil, with a morphological study of Ornithodoros fonsecai and an analysis of the taxonomic status of Antricola inexpectata |
| title | New records of soft ticks (Acari: Argasidae) from caves in Brazil, with a morphological study of Ornithodoros fonsecai and an analysis of the taxonomic status of Antricola inexpectata |
| title_full | New records of soft ticks (Acari: Argasidae) from caves in Brazil, with a morphological study of Ornithodoros fonsecai and an analysis of the taxonomic status of Antricola inexpectata |
| title_fullStr | New records of soft ticks (Acari: Argasidae) from caves in Brazil, with a morphological study of Ornithodoros fonsecai and an analysis of the taxonomic status of Antricola inexpectata |
| title_full_unstemmed | New records of soft ticks (Acari: Argasidae) from caves in Brazil, with a morphological study of Ornithodoros fonsecai and an analysis of the taxonomic status of Antricola inexpectata |
| title_short | New records of soft ticks (Acari: Argasidae) from caves in Brazil, with a morphological study of Ornithodoros fonsecai and an analysis of the taxonomic status of Antricola inexpectata |
| title_sort | new records of soft ticks acari argasidae from caves in brazil with a morphological study of ornithodoros fonsecai and an analysis of the taxonomic status of antricola inexpectata |
| topic | Argasidae Identification Ornithodoros Taxonomy Identificación Taxonomía Garrapatas Ornithodoros fonsecai Antricola inexpectata Antricola guglielmonei Ticks |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/17124 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877959X24000244 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2024.102331 |
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