Purpose

In Ecuador, knowledge of the diversity and geographic distribution of ticks, as well as their importance as vectors, is scarce. Within the family Ixodidae, the genus Amblyomma is the most diverse and parasitizes wild and domestic animals. This genus is represented by 19 species in Ecuador, 12 of which occur in the continental territory and 7 in the Galapagos Islands. In this way, the objective of this work was to update the diversity of ticks reported for Ecuador on wild and domestic animals.

Methods

The specimens were collected manually on mammals and birds, in four localities belonging to the Sierra and Amazon of Ecuador and were kept in tubes with 96% ethyl alcohol. After that, all specimens were separated into immatures, males and females and were identified using their morphological characters.

Results

This study records Amblyomma coelebs Neumann, 1899, Amblyomma longirostre (Koch, 1844) Neumann, 1905 and Amblyomma varium Koch, 1844 for the first time in Ecuador. Thus, the genus Amblyomma is currently represented by 22 species. In addition, their hosts, distribution, and importance are also discussed.

Conclusions

Knowing the diversity of ticks that wildlife possesses, its interrelation with the domestic fauna, and the possible pathogens that could be transmitting could significantly contribute to wildlife's conservation.

中文翻译：

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厄瓜多尔Amblyomma Koch Ti虫科新纪录，1844年（Acari：Ixodidae）。

目的

在厄瓜多尔，关于of的多样性和地理分布及其作为媒介的重要性的知识很少。在I科中，Amblyomma属是最多样化的，并且寄生于野生和家养动物中。该属在厄瓜多尔有19种，其中12种在大陆领土上，而7种在加拉帕戈斯群岛上。这样，这项工作的目的是更新厄瓜多尔报道的野生和家养动物animals的多样性。

方法

样本是在属于厄瓜多尔山脉和亚马逊的四个地方的哺乳动物和鸟类上手工收集的，并保存在装有96％乙醇的试管中。之后，将所有标本分为未成熟的雄性和雌性，并使用它们的形态特征进行鉴定。

结果

这项研究记录了花蜱coelebs诺依曼，1899年，花蜱longirostre（科赫，1844年），纽曼，1905年和花蜱varium科赫，1844年在厄瓜多尔的第一次。因此，Amblyomma属目前由22个物种代表。此外，还讨论了它们的宿主，分布和重要性。

结论

了解野生动植物具有的壁虱多样性，与家畜的相互关系以及可能传播的病原体，可以极大地促进野生动植物的保护。