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New Records of Ticks of Genus Amblyomma Koch, 1844 (Acari: Ixodidae) for Ecuador by Enríquez, Sandra; Guerrero, R.; Arrivillaga-Henríquez, J.; Araujo, P.; Villacrés, E.; Enríquez, A.; Benítez-Ortíz, W. is a Immunology and Microbiology article available to read on EtoBox.

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## Purpose: In ecuador, knowledge of the diversity and geographic distribution of ticks, as well as their importance as vectors, is scarce. within the family ixodidae, the genus amblyomma is the most diverse and parasitizes wild and domestic animals. this genus is represented by 19 species in ecuador, 12 of which occur in the continental territory and 7 in the galapagos islands. in this way, the objective of this work was to update the diversity of ticks reported for ecuador on wild and domestic animals. ## Methods: The specimens were collected manually on mammals and birds, in four localities belonging to the sierra and amazon of ecuador and were kept in tubes with 96% ethyl alcohol. after that, all specimens were separated into immatures, males and females and were identified using their morphological characters. ## Results: This study records amblyomma coelebs neumann, 1899, amblyomma longirostre (koch, 1844) neumann, 1905 and amblyomma varium koch, 1844 for the first time in ecuador. thus, the genus amblyomma is currently represented by 22 species. in addition, their hosts, distribution, and importance are also discussed. ## Conclusions: Knowing the diversity of ticks that wild

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Author

Enríquez, Sandra; Guerrero, R.; Arrivillaga-Henríquez, J.; Araujo, P.; Villacrés, E.; Enríquez, A.; Benítez-Ortíz, W.

Publisher

Versita; De Gruyter Open Sp. z o.o. ; Walter de Gruyter GmbH; Springer Science and Business Media LLC (ISSN 1230-2821)

Published

2020

Language

EN

Field

Immunology and Microbiology (Life Sciences)