| new host records of haemaphysalis leporispalustris (acari: ixodidae) on birds in brazil. | birds are an important component of the life histories and bioecology of a number of tick species and of some tick associated pathogens. an examination of the data concerning bird/tick associations in the neotropics, showed that the tick haemaphysalis leporispalustrisis (packard, 1869) was rarely recorded infesting birds. the current study reports parasitism by h. leporispalustris in wild birds collected from atlantic rain forest environments in the states of rio de janeiro (4ll) and minas gerai ... | 2016 | 26965425 |