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
text
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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44.
Amblyomma fuscum
Neumann, 1907d
.
A Neotropical species with a peculiar host profile because adult ticks have been found on
Anura
:
Bufonidae, Crocodilia
:
Alligatoridae
,
Squamata
:
Boidae
,
Colubridae
and
Teiidae
,
Cingulata
:
Dasypodidae
, and
Carnivora
:
Canidae
, while immature stages have been collected from
Carnivora
:
Canidae
,
Rodentia
:
Cricetidae
,
Echimyidae
and
Sciuridae
, and
Didelphimorphia
:
Didelphidae
(
Guglielmone & Robbins 2018
,
Dantas-Torres
et al
. 2019a
).
Amblyomma fuscum
is a very rare parasite of humans.
M:
Neumann (1907d)
F:
Aragão
(1936)
N:
Martins
et al.
(2010)
L:
undescribed
Redescriptions
M:
Robinson (1926)
,
Schulze (1936b)
,
Barros-Battesti
et al.
(2005b)
,
Onofrio
et al.
(2006b)
,
Voltzit (2007)
, Dantas-Torres
et al.
(2019b)
F:
Barros-Battesti
et al.
(2005b)
,
Onofrio
et al.
(2006b)
,
Voltzit (2007)
,
Dantas-Torres
et al.
(2019b)
N:
none
Note:
Amblyomma fuscum
is not listed as a valid species in
Keirans (1992)
and
Horak
et al.
(2002)
.