@article{Manqui_Hernández_Silva-de la Fuente_Acosta-Jamett_2022, title={First finding of the tick Amblyomma tigrinum parasitizing a Molina’s hog-nosed skunk, Conepatus chinga (Molina 1782), in South America}, volume={86}, url={https://gayana.cl/index.php/gn/article/view/277}, DOI={10.4067/S0717-65382022000200059}, abstractNote={<p>Adult individuals of <em>Amblyomma tigrinum </em>were collected for the first time from a Molina´s hog-nosed skunk (<em>Conepatus chinga</em>), captured in a rural area of north-central Chile, which were described and identified morphologically. There are scarce studies that address the role of the skunk as ectoparasite host; however, the great plasticity of <em>A. tigrinum </em>to inhabit different environments and its strict to moderate specificity for Carnivora order suggest this mephitid as a potentially suitable host for this tick species.</p>}, number={2}, journal={Gayana}, author={Manqui, Jonatan and Hernández, Felipe A. and Silva-de la Fuente, María C. and Acosta-Jamett, Gerardo}, year={2022}, month={Dec.}, pages={59–64} }