Amblyomma cajennense (Fabricius, 1787) (Acari: Ixodidae), the Cayenne tick: phylogeography and evidence for allopatric speciation

Beati, Lorenza; Nava, Santiago; Burkman, Erica J; Barros-Battesti, Darci M; Labruna, Marcelo B; Guglielmone, Alberto A; Cáceres, Abraham G; Guzmán-Cornejo, Carmen M; León, Renato; Durden, Lance A; Faccini, João LH

doi:10.1186/1471-2148-13-267

Table 1 Samples used in this study

From: Amblyomma cajennense (Fabricius, 1787) (Acari: Ixodidae), the Cayenne tick: phylogeography and evidence for allopatric speciation

Country	Code	Locality	Host	USNTC RML/INTA	Latitude	Longitude
				accession number
Argentina	amcaj-CHS	Salta, Dragones	Bos taurus	INTA 1954	23°04’S	63°20’W
Argentina	amcaj-CHO	Salta, Tala Yaco	Equus caballus	INTA 1957	25°52’S	64°47’W
Argentina	amcaj-YU	Salta, National Park El Rey	Sus scrofa	INTA 509	24°41’S	64°36’W
Paraguay	amcaj-PA	Boquerón, Estancia Faro Moro	Puma concolor	RML123654	21°41’S	60°01’W
Paraguay	amcaj-PA	Boquerón, Trans Chaco Road, km 580	Mazama sp.	RML105915	21°10’S	61°40’W
Venezuela	amcaj-VE	Bolivar, El Manteco	Hydrochoerus hydrochoeris	RML47831	07°08’N	61°59’W
French Guiana	amcaj-FG	Kaw Mountain	Sus scrofa	RML124017	04°33’N	52°09’W
French Guiana	amcaj-FG	Cayenne, Montabò Trail	Vegetation	RML124079-80	04°56’N	52°18’W
Colombia	amcaj-CO	Cundinamarca, Villeta	Vegetation	RML124466	05°01’N	74°28’W
Colombia	amcaj-CO	Cundinamarca, Villeta	Colony	RML124454	05°01’N	74°28’W
Ecuador	amcaj-EC	Pichincha, Puerto Quito	Vegetation	RML124071	00°06’N	79°16’W
Ecuador	amcaj-EC	Manabi, Banchal	Equus caballus	RML99809	01°37’S	80°21’W
Costa Rica	amcaj-CR	Guanacaste, Santa Rosa	Vegetation	RML124630-124639	10°50’N	85°36’W
Brazil	amcaj-RO	Rondonia, Gov. J. Teixera county	Colony I	n/a	10°38’S	63°29’W
Brazil	amcaj-AF	São Paulo, Pirassununga county	Colony II	n/a	21°59’S	47°59’W
Brazil	amcaj-AF	Rio de Janeiro, Seropedica county	Colony III	n/a	22°44’S	43°43’W
Brazil	amcaj-MG	Mato Grosso do Sul, Corumbá	Bubalus arne	RML122954	18°52’S	56°16’W
Brazil	amcaj-MG	Mato Grosso do Sul, Corumbá	Sus scrofa	RML122965	18°52’S	56°16’W
Mexico	amcaj-MX	Veracruz, Sant Andrés Tuxtla	Vegetation	RML124528	18°35’N	95°04’W
Perú	amcaj-PE	Cajamarca, Jaen, Bellavista	Cervidae (unknown species)	RML124074-76-76	05°42’S	78°48’W
U.S.A.	amcaj-TX	Texas, mixed unknown localities	Unknown	RML124534	Unknown	Unknown
U.S.A.	amimi	Texas, mixed unknown localities	Unknown	RML124015 and RML124534	Unknown	Unknown
U.S.A.	amame	Georgia, Bulloch Co., Statesboro	Vegetation	RML123785	32°25’N	81°46’W

List of localities, species-codes associated with each locality, host associations, and collection accession numbers for the analyzed samples (A. cajennense = amcaj; A. imitator = amimi; A. americanum = amame; CHS = Chaco Serrano; CHO = Chaco Occidental; YU = Yungas; PA = Paraguay; VE = Venezuela; FG = French Guiana; CO= Colombia: EC = Ecuador; CR = Costa Rica; RO = Brazil, Rondonia; AF = Brazil, Atlantic Forest; MG = Brazil, Mato Grosso; MX = Mexico; PE = Perú; U.S.A. = United States of America; TX = Texas). INTA numbers correspond to accesssion numbers in the collection of the Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Estación Experimental Agropecuaria, Rafaela, Argentina; RML numbers correspond to accession numbers in the United States National Tick Collection, Institute for Costal Plain Science, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA.

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