All stages of the hard tick Amblyomma boeroi Nava, Mangold, Mastropaolo, Venzal, Oscherov and Guglielmone were found for the first time on two carcasses of the Chacoan peccary, Catagonus wagneri, in Paraguay, one from a site located 100 km west of Mariscal Estigarribia (S 21°29′, W 61°22′), and the other from Destacamento Teniente Martinez (S 20°55′, W 59°50′), Boquerón Department.
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29 February 2012
First report of Amblyomma boeroi Nava, Mangold, Mastropaolo, Venzal, Oscherov and Guglielmone (Acari: Ixodidae) from the Chacoan Peccary, Catagonus wagneri (Artiodactyla: Tayassuidae), in Paraguay
M. Mastropaolo,
S. Nava,
E. Schmidt,
A. A. Guglielmone,
A. J. Mangold
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16s rDNA
Amblyomma boeroi
Catagonus wagneri
Paraguay