Morphological abnormalities in ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) collected from domestic animal species in Sudan

Morphological abnormalities in ticks have rarely been reported in nature. The existing knowledge about anomalies in ticks collected in Africa is very sparse. In this paper, we describe abnormalities in Amblyomma , Hyalomma , and Rhipicephalus ticks collected from cattle, sheep, goats, camels, and ho...

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Published in:Experimental & applied acarology 2020-09, Vol.82 (1), p.161-169
Main Authors: Shuaib, Yassir Adam, Isaa, Makarim Habib, Ezz-Eldin, Malaz Isam-Eldin, Abdalla, Mohamed Abdalsalam, Bakhiet, Amel Omer, Chitimia-Dobler, Lidia
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Language:English
Subjects:
Abnormalities
Amblyomma
Animal Ecology
Animal Genetics and Genomics
Animal species
Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography
Anomalies
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Camels
Domestic animals
Entomology
Goats
Horses
Hyalomma
Life Sciences
Morphology
Rhipicephalus
Scars
Ticks
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Summary:Morphological abnormalities in ticks have rarely been reported in nature. The existing knowledge about anomalies in ticks collected in Africa is very sparse. In this paper, we describe abnormalities in Amblyomma , Hyalomma , and Rhipicephalus ticks collected from cattle, sheep, goats, camels, and horses in Kassala and North Kordofan states, Sudan, between January and August 2017. A number of 15 adult ticks displayed one or several local anomalies, such as ectromely, abnormalities of the ventral plates, and body deformities, besides newly described multiple cuticula scars. This study presents the first report of local anomalies in ticks belonging to three genera in Sudan and highlights the need to investigate the association between such morphological abnormalities and tick biology.
ISSN:0168-8162
1572-9702
DOI:10.1007/s10493-020-00534-x