Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) and lice (Phthiraptera: Trichodectidae) infesting free-living coatis (Nasua nasua Linnaeus, 1766) with sylvatic and synanthropic habits in the Atlantic rainforest of Southern Brazil

2017 ◽  
Vol 22 (6) ◽  
pp. 779 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paulo Cesar Magalhães-Matos ◽  
Marcela Figueredo Duarte Moraes ◽  
Jaqueline Rodrigues de Almeida Valim ◽  
Gustavo Nunes de Santana Castro ◽  
Priscilla Nunes dos Santos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
First Record ◽  
Ixodid Ticks ◽  
Atlantic Rainforest ◽  
Lower Prevalence ◽  
Southern Brazil ◽  
Free Living ◽  
Amblyomma Ovale ◽  
Nasua Nasua

This research describes the infestation by ticks and lice in free-living coatis (Nasua nasua Linnaeus, 1766) with sylvatic and synanthropic habits living at the Iguaçu National Park (INP), state of Parana, southern Brazil. During the months of September 2014 and from March to April 2015, ticks and lice were collected from 86 free-living coatis from INP. Among the animals analyzed, 99% (85/86) were infested with ectoparasites, Amblyomma spp. larvae (n=23), nymphs of Amblyomma brasiliense (n=77), Amblyomma coelebs (n=427) and Haemaphysalis juxtakochi (n=6) being observed, as well as Amblyomma ovale adults (n=46). Lice were found in lower prevalence (13%, 11/86), nymphs (n=31) and adults (n=9) of Neotrichodectes pallidus. Summary results show feral coatis with sylvatic and synanthropic habits as competent hosts for ixodid ticks and lice, arthropods responsible for the transmission of pathogens for carnivores, others wildlife and humans. This paper presents the first record of H. juxtakochi infesting coatis in Brazil.

First report of Gieysztoria falx Brusa, Damborenea & Noreña, 2003 (Platyhelminthes: Rhabdocoela) in southern Brazil

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4706 (3) ◽  
pp. 494-496
Author(s):  
JHOE REYES ◽  
DANIELA BINOW ◽  
ROGÉRIO T. VIANNA ◽  
SAMANTHA E. MARTINS
Keyword(s):  
Hot Spots ◽  
First Record ◽  
Southern Brazil ◽  
Rio Grande Do Sul ◽  
Free Living ◽  
Similar Shape ◽  
Freshwater Habitats ◽  
Living Species ◽  
South Brazil ◽  
Shape And Size

Within Dalyelliidae Graff, 1905, Gieysztoria Ruebush & Hayes, 1939 is the most widely distributed and speciose genus, members of which live in marine, brackish, or freshwater habitats (Van Steenkiste et al., 2012). Gieysztoria is composed by ~97 free-living species (Tyler et al. 2016), and species identification is mainly made on the male copulatory system, which has an armed penis (stylet) with different configurations of spines (Noreña et al., 2016). The stylet configuration of Gieysztoria species is traditionally split into two groups: Aequales (spines of similar shape and size) and Inaequales (spines of different shape and size) (Luther, 1955). In the neotropics, specimens of Gieysztoria belong to both the Aequales and Inaequales group   and are well represented (Damborenea et al., 2005; Noreña et al., 2003). According to Braccini et al. (2016, 2017), there are 16 species of Gieysztoria in Brazil, mainly distributed in the southern region. South Brazil harbours a mosaic of wetlands that are considered hot spots of biodiversity, including the Taim Ecological Station (ESEC Taim) protected area that was designated as a Ramsar site (Ramsar, 2017). In the present study, Gieysztoria falx Brusa, Damborenea & Noreña, 2003 is registered in the ESEC Taim, located in Rio Grande do Sul. It represents the first record of G. falx in Brazil. Illustrations and comments on stylet configuration are given.

Detection of Rickettsia spp. in ring-tailed coatis (Nasua nasua) and ticks of the Iguaçu National Park, Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest

2021 ◽  
pp. 101891
Author(s):  
Paulo Cesar Magalhães-Matos ◽  
Izabela Mesquita de Araújo ◽  
Jaqueline Rodrigues de Almeida Valim ◽  
Maria Ogrzewalska ◽  
Alexandro Guterres ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Atlantic Rainforest ◽  
Nasua Nasua ◽  
Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest

scholarly journals The effect of severe drought on the abundance of ticks on vegetation and on scrub hares in the Kruger National Park

Koedoe ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
A.M. Spickett ◽  
I.G. Horak ◽  
Heloise Heyne ◽  
L.E.O. Braack
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Kruger National Park ◽  
Ixodid Ticks ◽  
Severe Drought ◽  
The South ◽  
Free Living ◽  
South West ◽  
Landscape Zone

Free-living ixodid ticks were collected monthly from August 1988 to July 1993 from the vegetation of landscape zones 17 (Sclerocarya caffra/Acacia nigrescens Savanna) and 4 (Thickets of the Sabie and Crocodile Rivers) in the south-east and south-west of the Kruger National Park respectively, and parasitic ticks from scrub hares in the latter landscape zone. Total tick collections from the vegetation of both landscape zones were lowest in the year following the drought year of August 1991 to July 1992, while the tick burdens of the scrub hares were lowest during the drought year itself.

scholarly journals First record of Gymnosiphon tenellus (Benth.) Urb. (Burmanniaceae) in Paraná state and southern Brazil

Check List ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (5) ◽  
pp. 863-866
Author(s):  
Inti de Souza ◽  
Christopher Thomas Blum ◽  
Marcelo Leandro Brotto
Keyword(s):  
Central America ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
First Record ◽  
The State ◽  
Atlantic Rainforest ◽  
Southeastern Brazil ◽  
Southern Brazil ◽  
Amazonian Rainforest ◽  
First Time

Gymnosiphon tenellus (Bentham) Urban is recorded for the first time in the state of Paraná and in southern Brazil. Until now it has only been known to occur in Central America, the Amazonian Rainforest, and in the Atlantic Rainforest of the state of Rio de Janeiro in southeastern Brazil. An updated description is provided, along with original, detailed pictures of the species.

‘ Candidatus Mycoplasma haematonasua’ and tick‐borne pathogens in ring‐tailed coatis ( Nasua nasua Linnaeus, 1976) from the Iguaçu National Park, Paraná State, southern Brazil

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Flávia C. M. Collere ◽  
Robson M. Delai ◽  
Larissa D. R. Ferrari ◽  
Leticia H. da Silva ◽  
Pedro L. C. Fogaça ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Southern Brazil ◽  
Nasua Nasua

A new Anaulacomera species (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae) from the Iguaçu National Park, southern Brazil

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4700 (3) ◽  
pp. 365-376
Author(s):  
MARCOS FIANCO ◽  
OSCAR J. CADENA-CASTAÑEDA ◽  
NEUCIR SZINWELSKI ◽  
LUIZ R. R. FARIA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
National Park ◽  
First Record ◽  
Southern Brazil ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Anaulacomera, A. trispinata sp. n., of the poculigera group is described from the Iguaçu National Park, a large remnant of Atlantic Forest in southern Brazil. This is the first record of the poculigera group both for Brazil and for the Atlantic Forest domain. The overall morphology of both males and females is presented, besides the calling songs of males. 

scholarly journals Range extension and first record of Euryzygomatomys spinosus (Rodentia, Echimyidae) in the Brazilian Cerrado

Check List ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 1742 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Carolina Loss ◽  
Marco Aurélio C. Pacheco ◽  
Yuri Luiz Reis Leite ◽  
Vilacio Caldara-Junior ◽  
Leonardo G. Lessa
Keyword(s):  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
Adult Male ◽  
National Park ◽  
First Record ◽  
Geographic Range ◽  
Southeastern Brazil ◽  
Southern Brazil ◽  
Brazilian Cerrado ◽  
Dry Grassland ◽  
Northeastern Argentina

We present herein the first record of Euryzygomatomys spinosus (G. Fischer, 1814) in the Brazilian Cerrado, based on two adult male specimens collected in a “campo limpo” (dry grassland) area at Sempre Vivas National Park, state of Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil, in June and August 2014. This taxon was previously known only from the Brazilian Pampas, Paraguayan Chaco Humedo and Atlantic Forest of southeastern and southern Brazil, northeastern Argentina and southern Paraguay.  Our records increased the species geographic range 250 km northward, into the Cerrado ecoregion.

scholarly journals Thismia panamensis (Standl.) Jonker (Thismiaceae): first record for southern Brazil

Check List ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 1055-1059
Author(s):  
Inti de Souza
Keyword(s):  
New Record ◽  
Latitudinal Gradient ◽  
New Records ◽  
First Record ◽  
Wide Distribution ◽  
Atlantic Rainforest ◽  
Southern Brazil ◽  
Mycoheterotrophic Plants

A new southernmost record of Thismia panamensis (Standl.) Jonker in Brazil extends the occurrence of this species to the Atlantic Rainforest. This species was found in Parque Estadual Serra da Baitaca, in Paraná state, where other new records of mycoheterotrophic plants have recently been made. The new record highlights the wide distribution of the species, as it occurs in different ecosystems along a significant latitudinal gradient.

Noninvasive Tuberculosis Screening in Free-Living Primate Populations in Gombe National Park, Tanzania

EcoHealth ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 139-144 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tiffany M. Wolf ◽  
Srinand Sreevatsan ◽  
Randall S. Singer ◽  
Iddi Lipende ◽  
Anthony Collins ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Free Living ◽  
Tuberculosis Screening ◽  
Gombe National Park

scholarly journals Degradation of a transgressive coastal Dunefield by pines plantation and strategies for recuperation (Lagoa Do Peixe National Park, Southern Brazil)

2021 ◽  
pp. 107483
Author(s):  
Luana Portz ◽  
Rogério Portantiolo Manzolli ◽  
Javier Alcántara-Carrió ◽  
Gabriela Camboim Rockett ◽  
Eduardo Guimarães Barboza
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Southern Brazil
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