title: New host records of Haemaphysalis leporispalustris (Acari: Ixodidae) on birds in Brazil.
abstract: Birds are an important component of the life histories and bioecology of a number of tick species and of some tick associated pathogens. An examination of the data concerning bird/tick associations in the Neotropics, showed that the tick Haemaphysalis leporispalustrisis (Packard, 1869) was rarely recorded infesting birds. The current study reports parasitism by H. leporispalustris in wild birds collected from Atlantic rain forest environments in the states of Rio de Janeiro (4LL) and Minas Gerais (17LL, 1NN), Brazil. All ticks were identified morphologically to the genus level; total DNA was extracted from each Haemaphysalis tick and examined by PCR and nucleotide sequencing of fragments of the eukaryotic genes encoding 16S rRNA and 12S rRNA. The bird species Arremon semitorquatus, Corythopis delalandi, Fluvicola nengeta, Troglodytes musculus, and Volatinia jacarina were recorded as hosts for H. leporispalustris for the first time in South America, and Turdus rufiventris represented a new record for Brazil.
authors.affiliation: Program in Veterinary Sciences, Parasitology Animal Department, Rio de Janeiro Federal Rural University, UFRRJ, Seropédica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. vivianezr@yahoo.com.br.
authors.forename: Viviane
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Zeringóta
authors.affiliation: Program in Veterinary Sciences, Parasitology Animal Department, Rio de Janeiro Federal Rural University, UFRRJ, Seropédica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
authors.forename: Ralph
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Maturano
authors.affiliation: Program in Veterinary Sciences, Parasitology Animal Department, Rio de Janeiro Federal Rural University, UFRRJ, Seropédica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
authors.forename: Ísis Daniele Alves Costa
authors.initials: ÍD
authors.lastname: Santolin
authors.affiliation: Program in Veterinary Sciences, Parasitology Animal Department, Rio de Janeiro Federal Rural University, UFRRJ, Seropédica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
authors.forename: Douglas
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: McIntosh
authors.affiliation: Program in Veterinary Sciences, Parasitology Animal Department, Rio de Janeiro Federal Rural University, UFRRJ, Seropédica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
authors.forename: Kátia Maria
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Famadas
authors.affiliation: Program in Animal Behavior and Biology, Juiz de Fora Federal University, UFJF, Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
authors.forename: Erik
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Daemon
authors.affiliation: Program in Veterinary Sciences, Parasitology Animal Department, Rio de Janeiro Federal Rural University, UFRRJ, Seropédica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
authors.forename: João Luiz Horacio
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Faccini
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild / Q000469:parasitology; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D001938:Brazil; D026863:Ixodidae / Q000145:classification*; D046109:Passeriformes / Q000469:parasitology*; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D013984:Tick Infestations / Q000662:veterinary*
chemical_list: D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
keywords: Brazil; PCR; Passeriformes; Rabbit tick