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Redescription of A mblyomma integrum adults and immature stages
Author(s) -
APANASKEVICH D. A.,
BANDARANAYAKA K. O.,
APANASKEVICH M. A.,
RAJAKARUNA R. S.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
medical and veterinary entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.028
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1365-2915
pISSN - 0269-283X
DOI - 10.1111/mve.12178
Subject(s) - biology , ixodidae , nymph , larva , tick , zoology , acari , sri lanka , sympatric speciation , ecology , geography , environmental planning , tanzania
A mblyomma integrum K arsch, 1879 ( Acari: Ixodidae ) is one of four A mblyomma K och, 1844 species with eyes found in southern India and Sri Lanka . The immature stages of this species were poorly described. Therefore, accurate identification is difficult. Here we re‐describe the male, female, nymph and larva of A. integrum and illustrate all the stages in greater detail for the first time. A set of diagnostic morphological characters is defined to distinguish this species from other sympatric species of eyed A mblyomma in any parasitic stage of development. Adults of A. integrum parasitize mostly various larger mammals whereas nymphs and larvae use mostly larger and medium mammals. A mblyomma integrum is recorded from I ndia ( Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Karnataka, Orissa and Tamil Nadu States ) and throughout Sri Lanka .