Abstract
RESUMO Carrapatos são ectoparasitos hematófagos importantes para a saúde pública e animal por transmitirem agentes infecciosos durante a hematofagia, bem como causarem injúrias a seus hospedeiros. A ocorrência dos carrapatosAmblyomma ovale e Amblyomma fuscum é registrada, pela primeira vez, para o Brasil, parasitando tatu-galinha (Dasypus novemcinctus ).
Highlights
Ticks are important bloodsucking ectoparasites for public and animal health for transmitting infectious agents during blood feeding and causing injuries to their hosts
The authors report the occurrence of Amblyomma ovale and Amblyomma fuscum for the first time in Brazil, parasitizing the nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus)
Relata–se o parasitismo de Amblyomma ovale e Amblyomma fuscum, pela primeira vez, no Brasil, em tatu-galinha, oriundos do estado do Rio Grande do Sul
Summary
Ticks are important bloodsucking ectoparasites for public and animal health for transmitting infectious agents during blood feeding and causing injuries to their hosts. No Brasil, são conhecidas 56 espécies de carrapatos, das quais 33 são do gênero Amblyomma (Barros-Battesti; Knissak, 1999). A variedade de hospedeiros deste gênero é grande, compreendendo a maioria das ordens de mamíferos (Barros-Battesti et al, 2006).
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