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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60.
Amblyomma inornatum
(
Banks, 1909
)
.
A Nearctic species with a few records from the Neotropical
Region
whose adults, nymphs and larvae have been found on
Mammalia
(several orders),
Cuculiformes
:
Cuculidae
, and
Passeriformes
:
Icteridae
and
Mimidae
. Adults and nymphs have been recovered from
Artiodactyla
:
Tayassuidae
,
Carnivora
:
Canidae
and
Felidae
, and
Rodentia
:
Sciuridae
; adults alone have been taken from
Carnivora
:
Mephitidae
,
Mustelidae
and
Procyonidae
; while nymphs alone have been found on
Perissodactyla
:
Equidae
,
Galliformes
:
Phasianidae
, and
Passeriformes
:
Turdidae
(
Gladney
et al.
1977
, Guglielmone
et al.
2014,
Medlin
et al.
2015
,
Scott
et al.
2019
). This host profile is an emendation of the profile given in Guglielmone
et al.
(2014) and
Guglielmone and Robbins (2018)
.
Amblyomma inornatum
is a rare parasite of humans.
M:
Cooley and Kohls (1939)
, under the name
Amblyomma philipi
, a synonym of
Amblyomma inornatum
F:
Banks (1909)
, under the name
Aponnomma inornata
, but amended and given its current status in
Fairchild (1943)
N:
Eads and Borom (1975)
L:
Eads and Borom (1975)
Redescriptions
M:
Cooley and Kohls (1944)
,
Voltzit (2007)
,
Guzmán-Cornejo
et al.
(2011)
F:
Cooley and Kohls (1939)
, under the name
Amblyomma philipi
, a synonym of
Amblyomma inornatum
,
Cooley and Kohls (1944)
,
Voltzit (2007)
,
Guzmán-Cornejo
et al.
(2011)
N:
Keirans and Durden (1998)
L:
none
Note:
Guglielmone
et al.
(2003)
and Guglielmone
et al.
(2014) suggest that this species may have been confused with related taxa, such as
Amblyomma parvum
and
Amblyomma auricularium
, or even with
Amblyomma beaurepairei
.