01715naa a2200205 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001910000200006024501500008026000090023052010870023965000200132665000100134665000140135665000250137070000170139570000170141270000210142977300590145020702692017-06-01       2017    bl uuuu     u00u1 u    #d1 aRAMOS, V. do N.  aAmbush behavior of the tick Amblyomma sculptum (Amblyomma cajennense complex) (AcaribIxodidae) in the Brazilian Pantanal.h[electronic resource]  c2017  aWe herein describe the ambush behavior of Amblyomma sculptum (Berlese 1888), a widespread and epidemiologically important tick in Brazil. Along two years of sampling by visual search in the Brazilian Pantanal, A. sculptum ticks were observed on the vegetation and in the leaf litter. Most of the ticks were observed between 10 and 50 cm above ground level and less than five percent ofthe total were positioned below 10 cm, indicating that they are seeking for middle or large-sized hosts. In both seasons, vapor saturation deficit was low during the morning. No significant relationship was found between questing ticks and daytime interval of observation or saturation deficit. However, questing tick numbers seem be higher in the end of the morning, when saturation deficit reaches its peak. Behavioral patterns of A. sculptum ticks observed in Pantanal underscore the occurrence of this tick and human contact at green anthropogenic sites. Considering A. sculptum questing behavior, inferences on human behavioral patterns that enhance or avoid contact with ticks are discussed.  aAnimal behavior  aTicks  aCarrapato  aComportamento Animal1 aOSAVA, C. F.1 aPIOVEZAN, U.1 aSZABÓ, M. P. J.  tTicks and Tick-borne Diseasesgv. 8, p. 506-510, 2017.