Geographic distribution of the hard ticks (Acari: Ixodida: Ixodidae) of the world by countries and territories Author Guglielmone, Alberto A. 0000-0001-5430-2889 guglielmone.alberto@inta.gob.ar Author Nava, Santiago 0000-0001-7791-4239 nava.santiago@inta.gob.ar Author Robbins, Richard G. 0000-0003-2443-5271 robbinsrg@si.edu text Zootaxa 2023 2023-03-07 5251 1 1 274 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5251.1.1 journal article 235222 10.11646/zootaxa.5251.1.1 43227427-a867-4744-9e4c-2b2302524890 1175-5326 7704190 3326BF76-A2FB-4244-BA4C-D0AF81F55637 110. Amblyomma scalpturatum Neumann, 1906 . Neotropical: 1) Bolivia , 2) Brazil , 3) Colombia , 4) Ecuador , 5) French Guiana, 6) Guyana , 7) Peru , 8) Suriname , 9) Venezuela ( Schulze 1933c , Labruna et al. 2005 b , c, Mastropaolo et al. 2014, Valle-Mendoza et al. 2018 , Binetruy et al. 2019 , Guglielmone et al. 2021 ). The only specimens of Amblyomma scalpturatum known from Suriname were reported by Schulze (1933c) under the synonym Amblyomma myrmecophagae . Some specimens collected in Brazil , Ecuador and Venezuela and classified as Amblyomma scalpturatum were re-identified as Amblyomma latepunctatum by Labruna et al. (2005b) .