Description of three new bat-associated species of hard ticks (Acari, Ixodidae) from Japan.

Autor: Takano A; Department of Veterinary Medicine, Joint Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and The United Graduate School of Veterinary Science, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan Yamaguchi University Yamaguchi Japan., Yamauchi T; Laboratory of Entomology, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro, Hokkaido, Japan Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine Obihiro Japan., Takahashi M; Department of Anesthesiology, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan Saitama Medical University Saitama Japan., Shimoda H; Department of Veterinary Medicine, Joint Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and The United Graduate School of Veterinary Science, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan Yamaguchi University Yamaguchi Japan., Gotoh Y; Department of Bacteriology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan Kyushu University Fukuoka Japan., Mizuno J; Department of Veterinary Medicine, Joint Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and The United Graduate School of Veterinary Science, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan Yamaguchi University Yamaguchi Japan., Natsume M; Natural Environmental Research Group, Gunma Prefecture, Gunma, Japan Natural Environmental Research Group Gunma Japan., Kontschán J; Department of Plant Sciences, Albert Kázmér Faculty of Mosonmagyaróvár, Széchenyi István University, Mosonmagyaróvár, Hungary Széchenyi István University Mosonmagyaróvár Hungary., Kováts D; Hungarian Biodiversity Research Society, Budapest, Hungary Hungarian Biodiversity Research Society Budapest Hungary., Tu VT; Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology Hanoi Vietnam.; Graduate University of Science and Technology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam Graduate University of Science and Technology Hanoi Vietnam., Hornok S; Department of Parasitology and Zoology, University of Veterinary Medicine, Budapest, Hungary University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest Hungary.; HUN-REN-UVMB Climate Change: New Blood-sucking Parasites and Vector-borne Pathogens Research Group, Budapest, Hungary HUN-REN-UVMB Climate Change: New Blood-sucking Parasites and Vector-borne Pathogens Research Group Budapest Hungary.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: ZooKeys [Zookeys] 2023 Sep 15; Vol. 1180, pp. 1-26. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Sep 15 (Print Publication: 2023).
DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1180.108418
Abstrakt: In Eurasia, the geographically most widespread ixodid tick species of the bat families Rhinolophidae Gray, Vespertilionidae Gray, and Miniopteridae Dobson were considered to belong to four species, Ixodesvespertilionis Koch, I.collaris Hornok, I.ariadnae Hornok, and I.simplex Neumann. Previous data attest that bat-associated tick species from Eastern Asia show remarkable genetic difference from the above four tick species, but in the absence of detailed morphological comparison these were regarded as conspecific. In this study we compensate for this lack of data on three bat-associated tick species, reporting their morphological comparison, as well as molecular and phylogenetic relationships. According to the results we describe the females of three tick species new to science, i.e., I.nipponrhinolophi Hornok & Takano, sp. nov. , I.fuliginosus Hornok & Takano, sp. nov. , and I.fujitai Hornok & Takano, sp. nov. In case of all three new tick species the cytochrome c oxidase subunit (coxI) gene showed remarkably high sequence differences from the species that they previously were thought to belong to, well exceeding the average limit delineating ixodid tick species. This, as well as observed morphological differences fully justify their taxonomical status as new species.
Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
(Ai Takano, Takeo Yamauchi, Mamoru Takahashi, Hiroshi Shimoda, Yasuhiro Gotoh, Junko Mizuno, Michio Natsume, Jenő Kontschán, Dávid Kováts, Vuong Tan Tu, Sándor Hornok.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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