title: Noteworthy records of Ixodes schulzei (Acari: Ixodidae) on rodents from the State of Parana, southern Brazil.
abstract: Ixodes schulzei Aragão & Fonseca is an endemic tick to Brazil and has already been reported in the northern (State of Rondonia), southeastern (States of Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo) and southern (State of Santa Catarina) regions, always found in association with the water rat Nectomys squamipes (Brandt). This communication records the first occurrence of this tick species in the State of Parana, southern region of Brazil, and it constitutes its first report on Akodon montensis (Thomas) and Oryzomys russatus (Wagner) hosts.
authors.forename: Valeria Castilho
authors.initials: VC
authors.lastname: Onofrio
authors.forename: Fernanda Aparecida
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Nieri-Bastos
authors.forename: Janio Dos Santos
authors.initials: Jdos S
authors.lastname: Sampaio
authors.forename: João Fábio
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Soares
authors.forename: Maria José de Jesus
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: Darci Moraes
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Barros-Battesti
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003411:Arvicolinae / Q000469:parasitology*; D001938:Brazil; D005260:Female; D026863:Ixodidae / Q000502:physiology*; D016205:Sigmodontinae / Q000469:parasitology*