Journal of Medical Entomology (2005) 42, 945-947

Marcelo B. Labruna, Flávio A. Terrassini and Luís Marcelo A. Camargo (2005)
First report of the male of Amblyomma rotundatum (Acari: Ixodidae) from a field-collected host
Journal of Medical Entomology 42 (6), 945-947
Abstract: An adult male of the tick Amblyomma rotundatum Koch was collected on a naturally infested lizard, Tropidurus sp. (Squamata: Tropiduridae), at Monte Negro, State of Rondônia, Brazil. The tick's identity was confirmed morphologically and by analysis of the second internal transcribed spacer of the ribosomal DNA. This is the third known male specimen of A. rotundatum, a species that has been shown to reproduce exclusively by parthenogenesis. The two previously reported male specimens seemed to be partially teratological or gynandromorphic, whereas the present specimen shows no visible genetic or developmental anomaly.
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Database assignments for author(s): Marcelo Bahia Labruna

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
general biology - morphology - evolution

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Amblyomma rotundatum		Brazil (NW)