Report of Amblyomma parvitarsum infesting goats in Midwestern Argentina

ARTÍCULO PUBLICADO EN REVISTA EXTERNA. Adult ticks were collected from goats on September 2012 in the locality of Trintrica (35° 17′ 19″ S - 68° 44′ 6″ W, 1430 m.a.s.l.), Mendoza, Argentina. The specimens were identified as seven females and three males of Amblyomma parvitarsum Neumann, 1901. This record represents the new occurrence of A. parvitarsum in the province of Mendoza, as well as the first report of the parasitism in goats along the geographical range of A. parvitarsum. Sitio de la revista: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S240593901830017