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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57.
Amblyomma humerale
Koch, 1844a
.
A Neotropical species whose adults are usually found on
Testudines
:
Testudinidae
; adults and nymphs have been found on
Testudines
:
Testudinidae
, and Crocodilia:
Crocodylidae
; nymphs and the undescribed larva have been collected from
Didelphimorphia
:
Didelphidae
, and
Passeriformes
(several families); and nymphs alone have been recovered from
Squamata
(several families), less often from
Mammalia
(several orders) (Guglielmone
et al
. 2014,
Soares
et al.
2015
,
Witter
et al.
2016
,
Gianizella
et al.
2018
b
,
Lima
et al.
2018,
Binetruy
et al.
2019
).
Binetruy
et al.
(2019)
found larvae of
Amblyomma humerale
causing human parasitism, a diagnosis based on molecular methods.
M:
Koch (1844a)
F:
Cooper and Robinson (1908)
, under the name
Amblyomma longirostrum
, a synonym of
Amblyomma humerale
N:
Martins
et al.
(2010)
L:
undescribed
Redescriptions
M:
Koch (1847)
,
Robinson (1926)
,
Floch and Abonnenc (1940)
,
Floch and Fauran (1958)
,
Onofrio
et al.
(2006b)
,
Voltzit (2007)
,
Dantas-Torres
et al.
(2019b)
F:
Robinson (1926)
,
Floch and Abonnenc (1940)
,
Floch and Fauran (1958)
,
Santos Dias (1989b)
,
Onofrio
et al.
(2006b)
,
Voltzit (2007)
,
Dantas-Torres
et al.
(2019b)
N:
none
Note:
Fairchild (1943)
felt that extensive studies of the similar species
Amblyomma crassum
,
Amblyomma humerale
and
Amblyomma sabanerae
would be needed to determine whether or not they are variants of one species.
Guglielmone
et al.
(2003)
strongly share this view but provisionally treat all three species as valid. It should be noted that
Santos Dias (1958a)
treated
Amblyomma crassum
and
Amblyomma sabanerae
as synonyms of
Amblyomma humerale
, but later
Santos Dias (1989b)
recognized
Amblyomma sabanerae
as a valid species.