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1 November 2005 First Report of the Male of Amblyomma rotundatum (Acari: Ixodidae) from a Field-Collected Host
Marcelo B. Labruna, Flávio A. Terrassini, Luís Marcelo A. Camargo
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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.

Marcelo B. Labruna, Flávio A. Terrassini, and Luís Marcelo A. Camargo "First Report of the Male of Amblyomma rotundatum (Acari: Ixodidae) from a Field-Collected Host," Journal of Medical Entomology 42(6), 945-947, (1 November 2005). https://doi.org/10.1603/0022-2585(2005)042[0945:FROTMO]2.0.CO;2
Received: 14 April 2005; Accepted: 28 July 2005; Published: 1 November 2005
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KEYWORDS
Amblyomma rotundatum
Brazil
male
Rondônia
Tropidurus
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