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
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1
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journal article
7890
10.11646/zootaxa.4871.1.1
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87.
Amblyomma ovale
Koch, 1844a
.
A Neotropical species with a few records from the Nearctic
Region
whose adults are usually found on
Carnivora
:
Canidae
and
Felidae
, and
Perissodactyla
:
Tapiridae
; larvae and nymphs are commonly recovered from
Rodentia
:
Cricetidae
and
Echimyidae
. All parasitic stages have been found on Car-nivora:
Canidae
and
Procyonidae
,
Rodentia
:
Cricetidae
and
Echimyidae
, and
Passeriformes
:
Thraupidae
; adults and nymphs have been recovered from
Carnivora
:
Felidae
,
Mustelidae
and
Procyonidae
, and
Perissodactyla
:
Tapiridae
; adults and larvae have been found on
Galliformes
:
Cracidae
; adults alone have been taken from
Mammalia
(several orders), with rare records from
Gruiformes
:
Rallidae
, and tortoises (unknown family). Nymphs and larvae have been collected from
Didelphimorphia
:
Didelphidae
,
Rodentia
:
Dasyproctidae
and
Muridae
, and
Passeriformes
(several families); nymphs alone have been found on
Rodentia
:
Heteromyidae
; and larvae alone have been recovered from
Coraciiformes
:
Momotidae
(
Guglielmone & Robbins 2018
,
Lamattina
et al.
2018a
).
Amblyomma ovale
is a frequent parasite of humans.
M:
Koch (1844a)
F:
Koch (1844a)
, under the name
Amblyomma oblongum
, a synonym of
Amblyomma ovale
N:
Martins
et al.
(2010)
L:
Barbieri
et al.
(2008a)
Redescriptions
M:
Koch (1847)
,
Neumann (1899)
,
Tonelli Rondelli (1937)
, Vogelsang and Cordero (1953b),
Aragão
and Fonseca (1961b)
,
Voltzit (2007)
,
Guzmán-Cornejo
et al.
(2011)
,
Nava
et al.
(2017)
,
Bermúdez
et al.
(2018)
,
Dantas-Torres
et al.
(2019b)
; see note below
F:
Vogelsang and Cordero (1953b),
Aragão
and Fonseca (1961b)
,
Voltzit (2007)
,
Guzmán-Cornejo
et al.
(2011)
,
Nava
et al.
(2017)
,
Bermúdez
et al.
(2018)
,
Dantas-Torres
et al.
(2019b)
N:
Martins
et al.
(2014)
,
Nava
et al.
(2017)
L:
none
Note:
there are several redescriptions of
Amblyomma ovale
under the name
Amblyomma fossum
that are not included here, but
Neumann (1899)
and
Tonelli Rondelli (1937)
treat both names as separate species. The marginal groove of the male of
Amblyomma ovale
is usually considered complete, but
Voltzit (2007)
states that it is incomplete.
Miller
et al.
(2016)
present molecular evidence suggesting the presence of a cryptic taxon close to
Amblyomma ovale
in
Panama
, while
Fournier
et al.
(2019)
found molecular divergence in populations of
Amblyomma ovale
from northern and southern
Brazil
, indicating that these may represent sibling species. See also
Amblyomma aureolatum
.