Dermacentor nitens, Neumann, 1897

Basu, A. K., Basu, M. & Adesiyun, A. A., 2012, A Review On Ticks (Acari: Ixodoidea: Ixodidae, Argasidae), Associated Pathogens And Diseases Of Trinidad And Tobago, Acarologia 52 (1), pp. 39-50 : 45

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1051/acarologia/20122034
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4694647
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A4A511-5C1E-F10C-FEFB-FECCFD9DFC76
treatment provided by	Carolina
scientific name	Dermacentor nitens
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Dermacentor nitens View in CoL

Smith (1974) and Rawlins (1977) recorded D. nitens from equines in Trinidad.

Dermacentor nitens View in CoL is known to transmit Babesia caballi (Equine babesiosis) ( Jongejan and Uilenberg 2004). Asgarali et al. (2007) investigated 93 horses in Trinidad for serum antibodies to Theileria equi and Babesia caballi using an immunofluorescent antibody test and found 77 to be seropositive. However, the authors did not study the transmitted agents. Earlier, Floch and Fauman (1958) confirmed the presence of the tick, D. nitens View in CoL , in Trinidad. Very recently, Georges (2010) diagnosed some tick-transmitted haemopathogens ( Anaplasma platys View in CoL , Babesia canis vogeli , B. caballi , Theileria equi ) in companion animals using molecular tools.