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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12.
Amblyomma babirussae
Schulze, 1933d
.
An Australasian species, all of whose parasitic stages have been found on
Artiodactyla
:
Bovidae
and
Suidae
, and rarely on
Rodentia
:
Muridae
, but adults and nymphs are usually found on
Artiodactyla
:
Bovidae
,
Cervidae
and
Suidae
. Nymphs and adult ticks have also been collected from
Perissodactyla
:
Equidae
, and nymphs alone from
Carnivora
:
Viverridae
.
Amblyomma babirussae
is a sporadic parasite of humans.
M:
Schulze (1933d)
F:
Schulze (1933d)
N:
Schulze (1933d)
L:
Keirans and
Robbins (1987)
Redescriptions
M:
Anastos (1950)
, Keirans and
Robbins (1987)
,
Voltzit and Keirans (2002)
F:
Anastos (1950)
, Keirans and
Robbins (1987)
,
Voltzit and Keirans (2002)
N:
Keirans and
Robbins (1987)
,
Voltzit and Keirans (2002)
L:
none
Note:
Camicas
et al.
(1998)
treat
Amblyomma babirussae
as an Australasian and Oriental species, but Guglielmone
et al.
(2014) state that all
bona fide
records of this tick are from Australasian localities.
Cornet
et al.
(2009)
allegedly found this tick in
Thailand
(Oriental Zoogeographic Region), but
Petney
et al.
(2019)
state that this record requires confirmation, a criterion also followed here.
Anastos (1950)
and
Kohls (1957a
, c) noted that the description of the female of
Amblyomma breviscutatum
(named as
Amblyomma cyprium
) in
Krijgsman and Ponto (1932)
corresponds in fact to
Amblyomma babirussae
.