Ticks of the Southern Cone of America
Diagnosis, Distribution, and Hosts with Taxonomy, Ecology and Sanitary Importance
- 1st Edition - February 10, 2017
- Latest edition
- Authors: Santiago Nava, Jose M. Venzal, Daniel González Acuña, Thiago F. Martins, Alberto A Guglielmone
- Language: English
Ticks of the Southern Cone of America: Diagnosis, Distribution and Hosts with Taxonomy, Ecology and Sanitary Importance focuses on the tick species prevalent in The Southern… Read more
Ticks of the Southern Cone of America: Diagnosis, Distribution and Hosts with Taxonomy, Ecology and Sanitary Importance focuses on the tick species prevalent in The Southern Cone of America, including their distribution, biology, associated pathogens, their effects on the host, and control methods.
Based on review of the literature from more than five decades, 62 species of both hard and soft tick have been discovered on the Southern Cone of America. Tick genera observed and recorded include Amblyomma, Dermacentor, Haemaphysalis, Ixodes, and Rhipicephalus.
- Presents a comprehensive discussion that can be used to study identification and biology of tick species on hosts endemic to Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay)
- Provides pictorial keys that can be used to further identify species
- Facilitates prevention and control of tick-borne diseases in tropical region
- Helps in the diagnoses of tick borne diseases
Researchers, scientists, undergraduate / graduate students in parasitology, entomology, biology and veterinary/medical practitioners
Chapter 1. Tick Classification, External Tick Anatomy with a Glossary, and Biological Cycles
- Abstract
- Tick Classification
- Main External Morphological Characters of the Families of Ixodida
- Biological Cycles
- References
Chapter 2. Genera and Species of Ixodidae
- Abstract
- Genus Amblyomma
- Species of Amblyomma No Longer Considered to be Established in the Southern Cone of America
- References
- Amblyomma argentinae Neumann, 1905
- Distribution
- Hosts
- Ecology
- Sanitary Importance
- Diagnosis
- References
- Amblyomma aureolatum (Pallas, 1772)
- Distribution
- Hosts
- Ecology
- Sanitary Importance
- Diagnosis
- References
- Amblyomma auricularium (Conil, 1878)
- Distribution
- Hosts
- Ecology
- Sanitary Importance
- Diagnosis
- References
- Amblyomma boeroi Nava, Mangold, Mastropaolo, Venzal, Oscherov, and Guglielmone, 2009
- Distribution
- Hosts
- Ecology
- Sanitary Importance
- Diagnosis
- References
- Amblyomma brasiliense Aragão, 1908
- Distribution
- Hosts
- Ecology
- Sanitary Importance
- Diagnosis
- References
- Amblyomma calcaratum Neumann, 1899
- Distribution
- Hosts
- Ecology
- Sanitary Importance
- Diagnosis
- References
- Amblyomma coelebs Neumann, 1899
- Distribution
- Hosts
- Ecology
- Sanitary Importance
- Diagnosis
- References
- Amblyomma dissimile Koch, 1884
- Distribution
- Hosts
- Ecology
- Sanitary Importance
- Diagnosis
- References
- Amblyomma dubitatum Neumann, 1899
- Distribution
- Hosts
- Ecology
- Sanitary Importance
- Diagnosis
- References
- Amblyomma hadanii Nava, Mastropaolo, Mangold, Martins, Venzal, and Guglielmone, 2014
- Distribution
- Hosts
- Ecology
- Sanitary Importance
- Diagnosis
- References
- Amblyomma incisum Neumann, 1906
- Distribution
- Hosts
- Ecology
- Sanitary Importance
- Diagnosis
- References
- Amblyomma longirostre (Koch, 1844)
- Distribution
- Hosts
- Ecology
- Sanitary Importance
- Diagnosis
- References
- Amblyomma neumanni Ribaga, 1902
- Distribution
- Hosts
- Ecology
- Sanitary Importance
- Diagnosis
- References
- Amblyomma nodosum Neumann, 1899
- Distribution
- Hosts
- Ecology
- Sanitary Importance
- Diagnosis
- References
- Amblyomma ovale Koch, 1844
- Distribution
- Hosts
- Ecology
- Sanitary Importance
- Diagnosis
- References
- Amblyomma pacae Aragão, 1911
- Distribution
- Hosts
- Ecology
- Sanitary Importance
- Diagnosis
- References
- Amblyomma parvitarsum Neumann, 1901
- Distribution
- Hosts
- Ecology
- Sanitary Importance
- Diagnosis
- References
- Amblyomma parvum Aragão, 1908
- Distribution
- Hosts
- Ecology
- Sanitary Importance
- Diagnosis
- References
- Amblyomma pseudoconcolor Aragão, 1908
- Distribution
- Hosts
- Ecology
- Sanitary Importance
- Diagnosis
- References
- Amblyomma pseudoparvum Guglielmone, Mangold, and Keirans, 1990
- Distribution
- Hosts
- Ecology
- Sanitary Importance
- Diagnosis
- References
- Amblyomma rotundatum Koch, 1884
- Distribution
- Hosts
- Ecology
- Sanitary Importance
- Diagnosis
- References
- Amblyomma sculptum Berlese, 1888
- Distribution
- Hosts
- Ecology
- Sanitary Importance
- Diagnosis
- References
- Amblyomma tigrinum Koch, 1844
- Distribution
- Hosts
- Ecology
- Sanitary Importance
- Diagnosis
- References
- Amblyomma tonelliae Nava, Beati, and Labruna, 2014
- Distribution
- Hosts
- Ecology
- Sanitary Importance
- Diagnosis
- References
- Amblyomma triste Koch, 1844
- Distribution
- Hosts
- Ecology
- Sanitary Importance
- Diagnosis
- References
- Genus Dermacentor
- Dermacentor nitens Neumann, 1897
- Distribution
- Hosts
- Ecology
- Sanitary Importance
- Diagnosis
- References
- Genus Haemaphysalis
- Haemaphysalis juxtakochi Cooley, 1946
- Distribution
- Hosts
- Ecology
- Sanitary Importance
- Diagnosis
- References
- Haemaphysalis leporispalustris (Packard, 1869)
- Distribution
- Hosts
- Ecology
- Sanitary Importance
- Diagnosis
- References
- Genus Ixodes
- Ixodes abrocomae Lahille, 1916
- Distribution
- Hosts
- Ecology
- Sanitary Importance
- Diagnosis
- References
- Ixodes aragaoi Fonseca, 1935
- Distribution
- Hosts
- Ecology
- Sanitary Importance
- Diagnosis
- References
- Ixodes auritulus Neumann, 1904
- Distribution
- Hosts
- Ecology
- Sanitary Importance
- Diagnosis
- References
- Ixodes chilensis Kohls, 1956
- Distribution
- Hosts
- Ecology
- Sanitary Importance
- Diagnosis
- References
- Ixodes cornuae Arthur, 1960
- Distribution
- Hosts
- Ecology
- Sanitary Importance
- Diagnosis
- References
- Ixodes longiscutatus Boero, 1944
- Distribution
- Hosts
- Ecology
- Sanitary Importance
- Diagnosis
- References
- Ixodes loricatus Neumann, 1899
- Distribution
- Hosts
- Ecology
- Sanitary Importance
- Diagnosis
- References
- Ixodes luciae Sénevet, 1940
- Distribution
- Hosts
- Ecology
- Sanitary Importance
- Diagnosis
- References
- Ixodes neuquenensis Ringuelet, 1947
- Distribution
- Hosts
- Ecology
- Sanitary Importance
- Diagnosis
- References
- Ixodes nuttalli Lahille, 1913
- Distribution
- Hosts
- Ecology
- Sanitary Importance
- Diagnosis
- References
- Ixodes pararicinus Keirans and Clifford, 1985
- Distribution
- Hosts
- Ecology
- Sanitary Importance
- Diagnosis
- References
- Ixodes schulzei Aragão and Fonseca, 1951
- Distribution
- Hosts
- Ecology
- Sanitary Importance
- Diagnosis
- References
- Ixodes sigelos Keirans, Clifford, and Corwin, 1976
- Distribution
- Hosts
- Ecology
- Sanitary Importance
- Diagnosis
- References
- Ixodes stilesi Neumann, 1911
- Distribution
- Hosts
- Ecology
- Sanitary Importance
- Diagnosis
- References
- Ixodes taglei Kohls, 1969
- Distribution
- Hosts
- Ecology
- Sanitary Importance
- Diagnosis
- References
- Ixodes uriae White, 1852
- Distribution
- Hosts
- Ecology
- Sanitary Importance
- Diagnosis
- References
- Genus Rhipicephalus
- Rhipicephalus microplus (Canestrini, 1888)
- Distribution
- Hosts
- Ecology
- Sanitary Importance
- Diagnosis
- References
- Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato
- Distribution
- Hosts
- Ecology
- Sanitary Importance
- Diagnosis
- References
Chapter 3. Genera and Species of Argasidae
- Abstract
- Genus Argas
- Argas keiransi Estrada-Peña, Venzal, and González-Acuña, 2003
- Distribution
- Hosts
- Ecology
- Sanitary Importance
- Diagnosis
- References
- Argas miniatus Koch, 1844
- Distribution
- Hosts
- Ecology
- Sanitary Importance
- Diagnosis
- References
- Argas monachus Keirans, Radovsky, and Clifford, 1973
- Distribution
- Hosts
- Ecology
- Sanitary Importance
- Diagnosis
- References
- Argas neghmei Kohls and Hoogstraal, 1961
- Distribution
- Hosts
- Ecology
- Sanitary Importance
- Diagnosis
- References
- Argas persicus (Oken, 1818)
- Distribution
- Hosts
- Ecology
- Sanitary Importance
- Diagnosis
- References
- Genus Ornithodoros
- About the Presence of Ornithodoros capensis in Chile
- Ornithodoros amblus Chamberlin, 1920
- Distribution
- Hosts
- Ecology
- Sanitary Importance
- Diagnosis
- References
- Ornithodoros hasei (Schulze, 1935)
- Distribution
- Hosts
- Ecology
- Sanitary Importance
- Diagnosis
- References
- Ornithodoros lahillei Venzal, González-Acuña, and Nava, 2015
- Distribution
- Hosts
- Ecology
- Sanitary Importance
- Diagnosis
- References
- Ornithodoros microlophi Venzal, Nava, and González-Acuña, 2013
- Distribution
- Hosts
- Ecology
- Sanitary Importance
- Diagnosis
- References
- Ornithodoros mimon Kohls, Clifford, and Jones, 1969
- Distribution
- Hosts
- Ecology
- Sanitary Importance
- Diagnosis
- References
- Ornithodoros peruvianus Kohls, Clifford, and Jones, 1969
- Distribution
- Hosts
- Ecology
- Sanitary Importance
- Diagnosis
- References
- Ornithodoros quilinensis Venzal, Nava, and Mangold, 2012
- Distribution
- Hosts
- Ecology
- Sanitary Importance
- Diagnosis
- References
- Ornithodoros rioplatensis Venzal, Estrada-Peña, and Mangold, 2008
- Distribution
- Hosts
- Ecology
- Sanitary Importance
- Diagnosis
- References
- Ornithodoros rostratus Aragão, 1911
- Distribution
- Hosts
- Ecology
- Sanitary Importance
- Diagnosis
- References
- Ornithodoros rudis Karsch, 1880
- Distribution
- Hosts
- Ecology
- Sanitary Importance
- Diagnosis
- References
- Ornithodoros spheniscus Hoogstraal, Wassef, Hays, and Keirans, 1985
- Distribution
- Hosts
- Ecology
- Sanitary Importance
- Diagnosis
- References
- Ornithodoros xerophylus Venzal, Mangold, and Nava, 2015
- Distribution
- Hosts
- Ecology
- Sanitary Importance
- Diagnosis
- References
- Genus Otobius
- Otobius megnini (Dugès, 1883)
- Distribution
- Hosts
- Ecology
- Sanitary Importance
- Diagnosis
- References
Chapter 4. Morphological Keys for Genera and Species of Ixodidae and Argasidae
- Abstract
- Morphological Key for Genera of Ixodidae
- Morphological Key for Species of Amblyomma
- Morphological Key for Species of Haemaphysalis
- Morphological Key for Species of Ixodes
- Morphological Key for Species of Rhipicephalus
- Morphological Key for Genera of Argasidae (Adults)
- Morphological Key for Genera of Argasidae (Larvae)
- Morphological Key for Species of Argas
- Morphological Key for Species of Ornithodoros
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- Published: February 10, 2017
- Language: English
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Santiago Nava
Dr Nava is a young Argentinean researcher whose interest is focused on systematics, ecology and control of ticks, and epidemiology of tick-borne pathogens. Within this subject area he coordinates different projects on ticks with medical and veterinary importance. The principal contribution of Dr. Nava has been in the study of Neotropical ticks, and he also has an active collaboration with scientists from more than 20 countries from America, Europe and Africa.
Affiliations and expertise
Instituto Nacional de Tecnologica, Agropecuaria Buenos Aires, Estacion Experimental Agropecuaria, Santa Fe, ArgentinaJV
Jose M. Venzal
José M. VENZAL is a young Uruguayan researcher on ticks and tick-borne diseases with a great expertise in systematic and phylogeny of Argasidae, a field mastered for few persons worldwide. The contribution of Prof. Venzal has been fundamental to describe several new Neotropical species of ticks (argasids and ixodids) but also for tick ecology and epidemiology of ticks-transmitted diseases. He received the Scopus Award Uruguay 2011 in the area of Agricultural Sciences. Editorial Elsevier and the National Academy of Veterinary Medicine of Uruguay Award 2008.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Laboratorio de Vectores y Enfermedades transmitidas, Facultad de Veterinaria, CENUR Litoral Norte, Universidad de la República, UruguayDG
Daniel González Acuña
Daniel González Acuña is a doctor in Veterinary Medicine at the Institute of Wildlife of the Veterinary Medicine Superior School of Hannover, Germany. Full Professor of the Faculty of Veterinary at the Universidad de Concepción, where he teaches General Zoology for students of Veterinary Medicine and Agriculture Zoology for students of Agronomy. Prof. González-Acuña is specialized in parasites of Chile´s wild fauna; within this endevour he coordinated several research projects about ticks from the wild fauna in Chile. His contribution resulted in the description of several new species of ticks found in Chile and neighbor countries, and relevant biogeography information.
Affiliations and expertise
Profesor, Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad de Concepcion, Chillan, ChileTM
Thiago F. Martins
Dr. Martins is a Brazilian posdoc student with a prolific contribution on tick taxonomy and ecology. Dr. Martins made a very important contribution for the diagnoses of Argentinian and Brazilian nymphs from the genus Amblyomma, the most numerically important tick genus in South America. He is an active collaborator with many tick-research groups in Brazil and elsewhere providing his expertise for tick identification.
Affiliations and expertise
Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine and Animal Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Sao Paulo, BrazilAG
Alberto A Guglielmone
Dr. Guglielmone is a senior Argentinean scientist with a long career on ticks and cattle tick-borne diseases started in 1975 but currently dealing with biogeography of Ixodidae. Dr. Guglielmone contributed with more than 300 scientific articles and several books, and collaborated with scientists from more than 30 countries. He also received several awards and is a member of the Academia Nacional de Agronomía y Veterinaria (Argentina).
Affiliations and expertise
Senior Scientist, Estacion Experimental Agropecuaria Rafaela, Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, and Superior Scientist, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científica y Tecnicas, ArgentinaRead Ticks of the Southern Cone of America on ScienceDirect