Description of a new species of Dermacentor Koch, 1844 (Acari: Ixodidae) from Laos and Thailand

Dmitry A Apanaskevich; Aummarin Chaloemthanetphong; Khamsing Vongphayloth; Arunee Ahantarig; Maria A Apanaskevich; Paul T Brey; Jeffrey C Hertz; Khaithong Lakeomany; Ian W Sutherland; Wachareeporn Trinachartvanit

doi:10.1007/s11230-019-09861-z

Description of a new species of Dermacentor Koch, 1844 (Acari: Ixodidae) from Laos and Thailand

Syst Parasitol. 2019 Jul;96(6):475-484. doi: 10.1007/s11230-019-09861-z. Epub 2019 May 20.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ United States National Tick Collection, the James H. Oliver, Jr. Institute for Coastal Plain Science, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA, 30460-8042, USA. dapanaskevich@georgiasouthern.edu.
² Biology Department, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA, 30460, USA. dapanaskevich@georgiasouthern.edu.
³ Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia, 199034. dapanaskevich@georgiasouthern.edu.
⁴ Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
⁵ Laboratory of Vector-Borne Diseases, Institut Pasteur du Laos, Vientiane, Laos.
⁶ , Statesboro, GA, 30458, USA.
⁷ U.S. Naval Medical Research - Unit Two, Singapore, Singapore.
⁸ Office of Global Health Engagement (M96), Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (M96), Falls Church, VA, 22042, USA.

PMID: 31111306
DOI: 10.1007/s11230-019-09861-z

Abstract

Dermacentor laothaiensis n. sp. (Acari: Ixodidae) is described based on adults ex wild boar and vegetation from Laos and Thailand. Adults of D. laothaiensis n. sp. are similar to those of D. bellulus (Schulze, 1935) and D. steini (Schulze, 1933) but can be distinguished by the conscutum shape, colour pattern of the conscutum and scutum, the density of punctations on the pseudoscutum and scutum and the shape of female genital structures.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Animals
Dermacentor / anatomy & histology
Dermacentor / classification*
Female
Laos
Species Specificity
Thailand