Systematic and Applied Acarology (2009) 14, 47-50

Daniel González-Acuña, Atilio J. Mangold, Richard G. Robbins and Alberto A. Guglielmone (2009)
New host and locality records for the Ixodes auritulus Neumann, 1904 (Acari: Ixodidae) species group in northern Chile
Systematic and Applied Acarology 14 (1), 47-50
Abstract: Several larval, nymphal and female ticks belonging to the Ixodes auritulus species group were collected from Thraupis bonariensis (Gmelin, 1879) (Passeriformes: Thraupidae), Phrygilus fruticeti (Kittlitz, 1833), Sicalis olivascens (d´Orbigny and Lafresnaye, 1837) and Xenospingus concolor (d´Orbigny and Lafresnaye, 1837) (Passeriformes: Emberizidae) in Chusmisa (19° 40´S, 69° 10´W), Región de Taracapá, Region I, northern Chile. All these hosts and the collection locality are new for this species group. The gene sequence divergence between the I. auritulus group from Chusmisa and those from southern Argentina was 3.3%, but it remains unclear whether these populations represent different species.
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Database assignments for author(s): Daniel Gonzalez-Acuna, Alberto Alejandro Guglielmone, Richard G. Robbins

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.
	Ixodes auritulus		Chile (continental)