Ixodidae (Acari: Ixodoidea): descriptions and redescriptions of all known species from 1758 to December 31, 2019
Author
Guglielmone, Alberto A.
0000-0001-5430-2889
guglielmone.alberto@inta.gob.ar
Author
Petney, Trevor N.
0000-0002-9135-4546
trevor.petney@smnk.de
Author
Robbins, Richard G.
0000-0001-5430-2889
guglielmone.alberto@inta.gob.ar
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Zootaxa
2020
2020-11-05
4871
1
1
322
journal article
7890
10.11646/zootaxa.4871.1.1
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1175-5326
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105.
Amblyomma rhinocerotis
(
De Geer, 1778
)
.
An Afrotropical species whose adults are usually found on
Perissodactyla
:
Rhinocerotidae
. Adults alone have been collected from
Artiodactyla
:
Hippopotamidae
and
Suidae
,
Carnivora
:
Felidae
,
Perissodactyla
:
Rhinocerotidae
, and rarely from
Squamata
:
Pythonidae
, and
Testudines
(unknown family). There are no records of
Amblyomma rhinocerotis
causing human parasitism.
M:
De Geer (1778)
, under the name
Acarus rhinocerotis
and given its current status in
Koch (1844a)
F:
Neumann (1899)
, under the name
Amblyomma aureum
, a synonym of
Amblyomma rhinocerotis
N:
unknown
L:
unknown
Redescriptions
M:
Hoogstraal (1956a)
,
Elbl and Anastos (1966a)
,
Matthysse and Colbo (1987)
,
Voltzit and Keirans (2003)
,
Horak
et al.
2018
)
F:
Hoogstraal (1956a)
,
Elbl and Anastos (1966a)
,
Matthysse and Colbo (1987)
,
Voltzit and Keirans (2003)
,
Horak
et al.
2018
)
Note:
Guglielmone and Nava (2014)
noted several instances where specimens redescribed as
Amblyomma rhinocerotis
were actually confused with
Dermacentor rhinocerinus
and vice versa.