Amblyomma latepunctatum Tonelli Rondelli 1939
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66. Amblyomma latepunctatum Tonelli Rondelli, 1939.
A Neotropical species whose adults have been found on Perissodactyla: Tapiridae; nymphs have been collected from Artiodactyla: Tayassuidae, Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae, and Rodentia: Dasyproctidae. Amblyomma latepunctatum is a very rare parasite of humans.
M: Labruna et al. (2005b)
F: Tonelli Rondelli (1939)
N: Martins et al. (2010)
L: undescribed
Redescriptions
M: Onofrio et al. (2006b), Voltzit (2007), Dantas-Torres et al. (2019b)
F: Labruna et al. (2005b), Onofrio et al. (2006b), Voltzit (2007), Dantas-Torres et al. (2019b)
N: none
Note: Amblyomma latepunctaum was reinstated by Labruna et al. (2005b). Prior to their study, Amblyomma latepunctatum was extensively confused with Amblyomma incisum and Amblyomma scalpturatum.
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Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Tonelli Rondelli
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Ixodida
- Family
- Ixodidae
- Genus
- Amblyomma
- Species
- latepunctatum
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Amblyomma latepunctatum Rondelli, 1939 sec. Guglielmone, Petney & Robbins, 2020
References
- Tonelli Rondelli, M. (1939) Ixodoidea. Parte II. Contributo alla conoscenza della fauna ixodologica Sud-americana. Rivista di Parassitologia, 3, 39 - 55.
- Labruna, M. B., Keirans, J. E., Camargo, L. M. A., Ribeiro, A. F., Soares, R. M. & Camargo, E. P. (2005 b) Amblyomma latepunctatum, a valid tick species (Acari: Ixodidae) long misidentified with both Amblyomma incisum and Amblyomma scalpturatum. Journal of Parasitology, 91, 527 - 541. https: // doi. org / 10.1645 / GE- 446 R
- Martins, T. F., Onofrio, V. C., Barros-Battesti, D. M. & Labruna, M. B. (2010) Nymphs of the genus Amblyomma (Acari: Ixodidae) of Brazil: descriptions, redescriptions, and identification key. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, 1, 75 - 99. https: // doi. org / 10.1016 / j. ttbdis. 2010.03.002
- Onofrio, V. C., Labruna, M. B., Pinter, A., Giacomin, F. G. & Barros-Battesti, D. M. (2006 b) Comentarios e chaves para as especies do genero Amblyomma. In: Barros-Battesti, D. M., Arzua, M. & Bechara, G. H. (Eds.), Carrapatos de importancia medico-veterinaria da regiao neotropical: um guia ilustrada para identificacao de especies. Vox / ICTTD- 3 / Butantan, Sao Paulo, pp. 53 - 113.
- Voltzit, O. V. (2007) A review of Neotropical Amblyomma species (Acari: Ixodidae). Acarina, 15, 3 - 134.
- Dantas-Torres, F., Martins, T. F., Munoz-Leal, S., Onofrio, V. C. & Barros-Battesti, D. M. (2019 b) Ticks (Ixodida: Argasidae, Ixodidae) of Brazil: updated species checklist and taxonomic keys. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, 10 (article 101252), 1 - 45. https: // doi. org / 10.1016 / j. ttbdis. 2019.06.012