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Amblyomma maculatum Koch 1844

Authors/Creators

  • 1. Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas, Centro Universitario, 87149, Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico
  • 2. Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Avenida Universidad 3000, Circuito Exterior s / n, Alcaldía Coyoacán, 04510, Ciudad Universitaria, Mexico City, Mexico
  • 3. Instituto de Ecología Aplicada, Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas, División del Golfo 356, La Libertad, 87019, Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico

Description

14. Amblyomma maculatum Koch, 1844.

ND: ND, ND (Woodham et al. 1983; Guzmán-Cornejo et al. 2011). Aldama: ND, B. taurus (CFPP 2014, 2016, 2018). Altamira: ND, B. taurus (CFPP 2016). Gómez Farías: (CLR-V-04-10-44) Alta Cima, ND; Casa de Piedra, ND; El Cielo, ND (CONABIO 2019; Chaires-Grijalva & Acuña-Soto 2024) 1. Guerrero: ND, B. taurus (CFPP 2014; 2015; 2016). Reynosa: ND, ND (CONABIO 2021; Chaires-Grijalva & Acuña-Soto 2024) 1; (6F, 2M, CNAC002059) Los 3 García, B. taurus (Guzmán-Cornejo et al. 2011). San Fernando: ND, B. taurus (CFPP 2015, 2016). Soto la Marina: ND, B. taurus (CFPP 2015, 2016); (1F, LAFC00471) Ejido El Sabinito, leaf litter (Present study). Villa de Casas: ND, ND (CONABIO 2021; Chaires-Grijalva & Acuña-Soto 2024) 1.

Distribution: Tamaulipas Province, and Veracruzan Province.

Note: The specimens from Ejido El Sabinito and Reynosa were identified as A. maculatum because they present two spurs on tibiae II-IV; however, the female from Ejido El Sabinito morphologically resembles morphotype III referred to by Lado et al. (2018), which is characterized, among other characters, by presenting one spine and one seta on tibiae of legs II-IV; while the specimens from Reynosa (CNAC002059) resemble morphotype II, which is characterized by presenting two small spurs on tibiae of legs II-IV. See additional comments on A. triste.

Notes

Published as part of Rodríguez-García, Iram Emmanuel, Coronado-Blanco, Juana María, Garrido-Olvera, Lorena, Guzmán-Cornejo, Carmen, López-Aguirre, Daniel, Estrada-Drouaillet, Benigno, Niño-Maldonado, Santiago & Guerra-Pérez, Antonio, 2025, Updated list of tick species (Parasitiformes: Ixodida) in Tamaulipas: distribution and hosts, pp. 301-325 in Zootaxa 5618 (3) on page 305, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5618.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/15217941

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Journal article: 10.11646/zootaxa.5618.3.1 (DOI)
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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Koch
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Ixodida
Family
Ixodidae
Genus
Amblyomma
Species
maculatum
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Amblyomma maculatum Koch, 1844 sec. Rodríguez-García, Coronado-Blanco, Garrido-Olvera, Guzmán-Cornejo, López-Aguirre, Estrada-Drouaillet, Niño-Maldonado & Guerra-Pérez, 2025

References

  • Koch, C. L. (1844) Systematische Ubersicht uber die Ordnung der Zecken. Archiv fur Naturgeschichte, 10, 217-239. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.29560
  • Woodham, C. B., Gonzalez-Origel, A., Lopez-Leon, A. & Guerena-Morales, R. (1983) Progress in the eradication of Boophilus ticks in Mexico 1960 - 80. World Animal Review, 48, 18-24.
  • Guzman-Cornejo, C., Robbins G., R., Guglielmone, A. A., Montiel-Parra, G. & Perez, T. M. (2011) The Amblyomma (Acari: Ixodida: Ixodidae) of Mexico Identification Keys, Distribution and Hosts. Zootaxa, 2998 (1), 16-38. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2998.1.2
  • CONABIO (2019) Naturalista, Comision Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad (CONABIO). Bases de datos SNIB-CONABIO, Ciudad de Mexico. Available from: https://www.snib.mx/snibgeoportal/Ejemplar.php?id=ab6799fc81034b67b8827e29c7649294 (accessed 11 Junio 2023)
  • Chaires-Grijalva, M. P. & Acuna-Soto, J. A. (2024) Acaros (Arachnida: Acari). En: Trevino-Carreon, J., Mora-Olivo, A., Coronado-Blanco, J. M. & Arriaga-Flores, J. C. (Eds.), La biodiversidad en Tamaulipas. Estudio de Estado. Vol. II. CONABIO, Mexico City, pp. 239-248.
  • Lado, P., Nava, S., Mendoza-Uribe, L., Caceres, A. G., Delgado-De La Mora, J., Licona-Enriquez, J. D., Delgado de la Mora, D., Labruna, M. B., Durden, L. A., Allerdice, M. E. J., Paddock, C. D., Szabo, M. P. J., Venzal, J. M., Guglielmone, A. A. & Beati, L. (2018) The Amblyomma maculatum Koch, 1844 (Acari: Ixodidae) group of ticks: phenotypic plasticity or incipient speciation? Parasites & Vectors, 11, 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-018-3186-9