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Amblyomma latepunctatum Tonelli Rondelli 1939

Description

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.

Notes

Published as part of Guglielmone, Alberto A., Petney, Trevor N. & Robbins, Richard G., 2020, Ixodidae (Acari: Ixodoidea): descriptions and redescriptions of all known species from 1758 to December 31, 2019, pp. 1-322 in Zootaxa 4871 (1) on pages 102-103, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4871.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4423340

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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