Amblyomma tapirellum (Acari: Ixodidae) collected from tropical forest canopy [v2; ref status: indexed, http://f1000r.es/2uy]

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Jose R Loaiza¹  Larissa C Dutari²  Philip Davis³  Patrick A Jansen³  Jose R Rovira³  Matthew J Miller³  Eric Alvarez³  Eldredge Bermingham³  Oris I Sanjur³  Eric Rodriguez³  Montira J Pongsiri⁴  Meghan Radtke⁴  Desmond Foley⁵  James Pecor⁵ 

[1] Centro de Biodiversidad y Descubrimiento de Drogas, Instituto de Investigaciones Científicas y Servicios de Alta Tecnología, Ciudad de Panamá, Panama;Department of Biotechnology, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur, India;Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama City, Panama;United States Environmental Protection Agency, Washington DC, USA;Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit, Smithsonian Institution, Suitland MD, USA;

关键词: Population Ecology;    Spatial & Landscape Ecology;   

DOI  :  10.12688/f1000research.2-194.v2

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Free-ranging ticks are widely known to be restricted to the ground level of vegetation. Here, we document the capture of the tick species Amblyomma tapirellum in light traps placed in the forest canopy of Barro Colorado Island, central Panama. A total of forty eight adults and three nymphs were removed from carbon dioxide–octenol baited CDC light traps suspended 20 meters above the ground during surveys for forest canopy mosquitoes. To our knowledge, this represents the first report of questing ticks from the canopy of tropical forests. Our finding suggests a novel ecological relationship between A. tapirellum and arboreal mammals, perhaps monkeys that come to the ground to drink or to feed on fallen fruits.

【 授权许可】

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