A review of African Amblyomma species (Acari, Ixodida, Ixodidae)

This review includes descriptions of all available African Amblyomma species, keys to males and females, data on synonymy, distribution, and host-parasite associations

The mallophaga of New England birds, Station Bulletin, no.492

The Bulletin is a publication of the New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station, College of Life Sciences and Agriculture, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire

Primera evidencia de la ocurrencia de Amblyomma calcaratum Neumann, 1899 en Perú

Se reporta la presencia del ácaro Amblyomma calcaratum colectado en un ejemplar de un mirmecofagido Tamandua tetradactyla, capturado en julio del 2000 en la localidad de Bagua Grande, Amazonas , Perú. Se mencionan las relaciones filogenéticas de esta especie con A. nodosum y de su importancia médica

Tick-borne Relapsing Fever Caused by Borrelia hermsii, Montana

Five persons contracted tick-borne relapsing fever after staying in a cabin in western Montana. Borrelia hermsii was isolated from the blood of two patients, and Ornithodoros hermsi ticks were collected from the cabin, the first demonstration of this bacterium and tick in Montana. Relapsing fever should be considered when patients who reside or have vacationed in western Montana exhibit a recurring febrile illness

Some avian ectoparasites in New England

Volume: 78Start Page: 40End Page: 4

The tick collection (Acarina: Ixodoidea) of the Hon. Nathaniel Charles Rothschild deposited in the Nuttall and general collections of the British Museum (Natural History)

Volume: 42Start Page: 1End Page: 3

The Sulawesi Black Racer, Coluber (Ptyas) dipsas, and a Remarkable Ectoparasitic Aggregation

Twelve specimens of the Sulawesi black racer, Coluber (Ptyas) dipsas, have been reported in the literature; none of these is from American collections. Morphology and relationships of the snake, based on a fresh specimen, are discussed. Thirteen ticks of two species, Amblyomma cordiferum and A. helvolum (Ixodidae), and the beetle Aplosonyx nigripennis (Chrysomelidae) were recovered from an old wound site on a 1465-mm female Coluber dipsas from Minahasa, Sulawesi Utara, Indonesia. Both tick species are new island and new host records. There have been no specific plant hosts reported to date for this beetle, of a phytophagous family

The Nuttall and British Museum (Natural History) tick collections: lectotype designations for ticks (Acarina: Ixodoidea) described by Nuttall, Warburton, Cooper and Robinson

Volume: 41Start Page: 153End Page: 17