Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) on swifts (Apodiformes: Apodidae) in Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil Graziela Tolesano-Pascoli • Frederico Innecco Garcia • Carla Raphaela Gonzaga Gomes • Ka ´tia Cristina Diniz • Valeria Castilho Onofrio • Jose ´ Manuel Venzal • Matias Pablo Juan Szabo ´ Received: 24 January 2014 / Accepted: 5 March 2014 Ó Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014 Abstract Brazil harbors five species of Cypseloidinae swifts. Those from Streptoprocne and Cypseloides genera have a very distinct ecology. They shelter at night and build nests in moist cliffs by waterfalls. Information about tick infestation of these birds is virtually non-existent and restricted to the description of a new species, Ixodes paranaensis, in Streptoprocne biscutata in Parana ´ State and another record of this species in Strepto- procne zonaris in Minas Gerais State. We herein report tick infestation of swifts at eight waterfalls in the Cerrado biome of Minas Gerais State, southeastern Brazil. Swifts were captured during six campaigns from November 2008 to April 2013. Overall, 584 swifts were captured (527 C. senex, four C. fumigatus and 53 S. zonaris). Four birds were tick infested (prevalence of 0.7 %). Three individuals of C. senex hosted one tick each; a nymph of I. paranaensis, a female of I. paranaensis and a nymph of Amblyomma cajennense. One S. zonaris hosted an I. paranaensis nymph and an Ornithodoros sp. larva (Argasidae). G. Tolesano-Pascoli (&) Á M. P. J. Szabo ´ Laborato ´rio de Ixodologia, Universidade Federal de Uberla ˆndia, Avenida Amazonas s/n, Bloco 6T, sala 09, Campus Umuarama, Uberla ˆndia, Minas Gerais 38400-902, Brazil e-mail: graziepascoli@gmail.com F. I. Garcia Po ´s-Graduac ¸a ˜o em Zoologia de Vertebrados, Pontifı ´cia Universidade Cato ´lica de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil C. R. G. Gomes Á K. C. Diniz Biologists, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil V. C. Onofrio Laborato ´rio de Parasitologia, Instituto Butantan, Sa ˜o Paulo, Sa ˜o Paulo, Brazil J. M. Venzal Laboratorio de Vectores y enfermedades transmitidas, Universidad de la Repu ´blica, Regional Norte, Salto, Uruguay 123 Exp Appl Acarol DOI 10.1007/s10493-014-9797-8