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24 October 2017 New distribution and host records for Ornithodoros capensis Neumann and Ornithodoros sawaii Kitaoka and Suzuki (Acari: Ixodida: Argasidae) collected from Black-tailed Gull, Larus crassirostris, nestlings and nest soil and litter on Hong and Nan Islands, Republic of Korea
Heung-Chul Kim, Miran Kim, Young-Soo Kwon, Mi-Jin Hong, Chang-Uk Park, Seok-Min Yun, Won-Ja Lee, Sung-Tae Chong, Jun Hang, Terry A. Klein, Richard G. Robbins
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Abstract

The 65th Medical Brigade and Medical Department Activity-Korea, in collaboration with the Migratory Birds Research Center, National Park Research Institute, conducted a migratory bird tick-borne disease surveillance program during 2014–2015 on two small, remote, uninhabited islands, Hong (Gull) Island, southern Gyeongnam Province, and Nan Island, western Chungnam Province, Republic of Korea (ROK). Argasid ticks were collected from Black-tailed Gull (Larus crassirostris) nestlings that had recently died and associated nest soil/litter, and all tick life history stages were identified morphologically. Because morphological keys are unreliable for the identification of adult and nymphal argasid ticks, identifications were confirmed by genotyping using polymerase chain reaction techniques. A total of 29 Ornithodoros capensis larvae and 2 Ornithodoros sawaii larvae were collected from 4 of 7 (57.1%) Black-tailed Gull nestlings that had recently died. An additional five O. capensis (2 males, 1 nymph, and 2 larvae) were collected from nest soil/litter. Only O. sawaii larvae (2/41, 4.9%) were collected from dead Black-tailed Gull nestlings on Nan Island. This is the first report of O. capensis from these seabird breeding islands.

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Heung-Chul Kim, Miran Kim, Young-Soo Kwon, Mi-Jin Hong, Chang-Uk Park, Seok-Min Yun, Won-Ja Lee, Sung-Tae Chong, Jun Hang, Terry A. Klein, and Richard G. Robbins "New distribution and host records for Ornithodoros capensis Neumann and Ornithodoros sawaii Kitaoka and Suzuki (Acari: Ixodida: Argasidae) collected from Black-tailed Gull, Larus crassirostris, nestlings and nest soil and litter on Hong and Nan Islands, Republic of Korea," Systematic and Applied Acarology 22(11), 1899-1909, (24 October 2017). https://doi.org/10.11158/saa.22.11.9
Received: 11 September 2017; Accepted: 23 September 2017; Published: 24 October 2017
KEYWORDS
Argasidae
Hong Island
Korea
Larus crassirostris
Nan Island
Ornithodoros capensis
Ornithodoros sawaii
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