Geographic distribution of the hard ticks (Acari: Ixodida: Ixodidae) of the world by countries and territories
Author
Guglielmone, Alberto A.
0000-0001-5430-2889
guglielmone.alberto@inta.gob.ar
Author
Nava, Santiago
0000-0001-7791-4239
nava.santiago@inta.gob.ar
Author
Robbins, Richard G.
0000-0003-2443-5271
robbinsrg@si.edu
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Zootaxa
2023
2023-03-07
5251
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1
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5251.1.1
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58.
Amblyomma incisum
Neumann, 1906
.
Neotropical: 1)
Argentina
, 2)
Bolivia
, 3)
Brazil
, 4)
Paraguay
, 5)
Peru
(
Labruna
et al.
2005
b
, Nava
et al.
2007,
Lamattina
et al.
2014
,
Mastropaolo
et al.
2014
,
Guglielmone
et al.
2021
).
Labruna
et al.
(2005b)
demonstrated that many records of
Amblyomma incisum
correspond, in fact, to
Amblyomma latepunctatum
.
Thus, all records of
Amblyomma incisum
from
Guyana
and
Venezuela
reviewed by
Labruna
et al.
(2005b)
were re-identified as
Amblyomma latepunctatum
, and both of these countries are excluded from the geographic distribution of
Amblyomma incisum
, while records from
Ecuador
, French Guiana and
Peru
(Departments of
Huánuco
and
Loreto
) require confirmation and are provisionally excluded from the range of this tick. The Colombian records of
Amblyomma incisum
in
Acevedo-Gutiérrez
et al.
(2020)
also require verification.
Labruna
et al.
(2005b)
found morphological and molecular differences between populations of
Amblyomma incisum
from the northern portion of its range (Brazilian and Peruvian Amazon) and those from
Argentina
, southern
Brazil
, and
Paraguay
. These tick populations may represent separate species.