First record of the sea snake tick Amblyomma nitidum Hirst and Hirst, 1910 (Acari: Ixodidae) from Taiwan

Mackenzie L. Kwak; Chi Chien Kuo; Ho Tsung Chu

doi:10.1016/j.ttbdis.2020.101383

First record of the sea snake tick Amblyomma nitidum Hirst and Hirst, 1910 (Acari: Ixodidae) from Taiwan

Mackenzie L. Kwak^*, Chi Chien Kuo, Ho Tsung Chu

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Abstract

The sea snake tick (Amblyomma nitidum) is a host specialist of snakes in the genus Laticauda and is one of the few ticks which could be regarded as semi-marine. Yet despite the attention this species has received due to its bizarre ecology, its distribution remains poorly known as geographic records of its occurrence through the Asia-Pacific are highly fragmentary. For the first time this species is recorded from Taiwan based on specimens collected from the yellow-lipped sea krait (Laticauda colubrina).

Original language	English
Article number	101383
Journal	Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
Volume	11
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2020.101383
Publication status	Published - 2020 May

Keywords

Amblyomma
Laticauda colubrina
Museum
Taiwanese
reptile

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Parasitology
Microbiology
Insect Science
Infectious Diseases

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