Published April 3, 2025 | Version v1

Amblyomma triste Koch 1844

  • 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

21. Amblyomma triste Koch, 1844.

ND: ND, ND (Woodham et al. 1983; Guzmán-Cornejo et al. 2011). San Fernando: ND, B. taurus (CFPP 2015, 2016). Soto la Marina: ND, B. taurus (CFPP 2015, 2016).

Distribution: Tamaulipas Province and Veracruzan Province.

Note: Amblyomma triste and A. maculatum belong to the group known as Amblyomma maculatum (Camicas et al. 1998). The validity of these species has been questioned and analyzed morphologically and molecularly. Lado et al. (2018) suggested that A. triste should be synonymized with A. maculatum, although they mentioned the need to use new markers and crossbreeding experiments. On the other hand, Ossa-López et al. (2024) gave new evidence for the validity of A. triste, by comparing the mitochondrial genome of A. triste and A. maculatum obtaining a difference of 4.2%. However, these authors also pointed out the need for sequencing the mitochondrial genome of A. tigrinum, which is part of the A. maculatum group, as well as experimental crosses of populations from different places in the Americas to obtain additional evidence for species recognition.

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 307, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5618.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/15217941

Files

Files (1.6 kB)

Name Size Download all
md5:6670c09120e41728a1590a4195ff6ba5
1.6 kB Download

System files (14.2 kB)

Name Size Download all
md5:843159a282bc6807c19e097e23c31c26
14.2 kB Download

Linked records

Additional details

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
  • Camicas, J. - L., Hervy, J. - P., Adam, F. & Morel, P. - C. (1998) Les Tiques du monde. Nomenclature, Stades decrits, Hotes, Repartition (Acarida, Ixodida). Editions de l'Orstom, Paris, 233 pp.
  • 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
  • Ossa-Lopez, P. A., Uribe, J. E., Ramirez-Chaves, H. E. & Rivera-Paez, F. A. (2024) First mitochondrial genome of Amblyomma triste Koch, 1844 (Acari: Ixodidae): Evidence for studying species within the A. maculatum group. Systematic and Applied Acarology, 29, 93-108. https://doi.org/10.11158/saa.29.1.7