Ticks (Argasidae, Ixodidae) and tick-borne diseases of continental Southeast Asia
Author
Petney, Trevor N.
Author
Boulanger, Nathalie
Author
Saijuntha, Weerachai
Author
Chitimia-Dobler, Lidia
Author
Pfeffer, Martin
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Eamudomkarn, Chatanun
Author
Andrews, Ross H.
Author
Ahamad, Mariana
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Putthasorn, Noppadon
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Muders, Senta V.
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Petney, David A.
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Robbins, Richard G.
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Zootaxa
2019
2019-02-18
4558
1
1
89
journal article
28542
10.11646/zootaxa.4558.1.1
5f6ace70-93a7-400c-b58a-a1d2c95d3b53
1175-5326
2613120
lsid:zoobank.org:pub:71232906-9C90-4A6E-B893-83AC1574C8CA
Amblyomma javanense
(Supino, 1897)
This species, which is found over much of the Oriental Region, including
Cambodia
, peninsular
Malaysia
,
Myanmar
,
Thailand
and
Vietnam
(
Hoogstraal
et al
. 1968a
;
Keirans 1985
;
Petney and Keirans 1996b
), is relatively host specific for pangolins (Hoogstraal and Aeschlimann 1982), although it has also been rarely recorded from other mammals and reptiles. It occurs in those habitats occupied by its dominant host species.
Hassan
et al
. (2013)
reported high prevalences (mean 68.8%) and intensities (mean 42.6) of parasitism by
A. javanense
in a sample of 15
Manis javanica
(Sunda pangolin) from peninsular
Malaysia
.
The male, female, nymph and larva are described in
Voltzit and Keirans (2002)
.
Voltzit & Keirans (2002)
describe the nymph as having dentition 2/2 but the corresponding figure (14c) shows dentition 3/3.