In the present study, we report the earliest record of Ixodes sigelos from the late Holocene in Argentina. The tick was recovered from an owl pellet collected within a small mammal sequence in Las Máscaras Cave, Catamarca, Argentina (27°01′12S″, 66°44′37″W) and dated at 990 ± 35 cal yr. Based on bones also present in the pellet, the tick most-likely parasitized a rodent, identified as an Eligmodontia sp., which had been ingested by the owl.
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1 August 2010
Finding of an Ixodid Tick Inside a Late Holocene Owl Pellet From Northwestern Argentina
J. P. Sanchez,
S. Nava,
M. Lareschi,
P. E. Ortiz,
A. A. Guglielmone
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Journal of Parasitology
Vol. 96 • No. 4
August 2010
Vol. 96 • No. 4
August 2010