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Amblyomma pacae Aragao 1911

Description

88. Amblyomma pacae Aragão, 1911.

A Neotropical species whose adults are usually found on Rodentia: Cuniculidae; adults and nymphs have been collected from Carnivora: Canidae, and Rodentia: Caviidae and Cuniculidae; adults alone have been recovered from Mammalia (several orders); larvae and nymphs have been collected from Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae, Rodentia: Echimyidae, and Gruiformes: Cariamidae (Esser et al. 2016 a, Nava et al. 2018, Bermúdez et al. 2018, Gruhn et al. 2019). Amblyomma pacae is a very rare parasite of humans.

M: Aragão (1911)

F: Aragão (1911)

N: Martins et al. (2010)

L: Barbieri et al. (2008b)

Redescriptions

M: Robinson (1926), Aragão and Fonseca (1961a), Onofrio et al. (2006b), Voltzit (2007), Nava et al. (2017), Bermúdez et al. (2018), Dantas-Torres et al. (2019b)

F: Robinson (1926), Aragão and Fonseca (1961a), Onofrio et al. (2006b), Voltzit (2007), Guzmán-Cornejo et al. (2011), Nava et al. (2017), Bermúdez et al. (2018), Dantas-Torres et al. (2019b)

N: Nava et al. (2017)

L: none

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 page 111, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4871.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4423340

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Aragao
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Ixodida
Family
Ixodidae
Genus
Amblyomma
Species
pacae
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Amblyomma pacae Aragao, 1911 sec. Guglielmone, Petney & Robbins, 2020

References

  • Aragao, H. B. (1911) Notas sobre ixodidas brazileiros. Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 3, 145 - 195. https: // doi. org / 10.1590 / S 0074 - 02761911000200001
  • Esser, H. J., Foley, J. E., Bongers, F., Herre, E. A., Miller, M. J., Prins, H. H. T. & Jansen, P. A. (2016 a) Host body size and the diversity of tick assemblages on Neotropical vertebrates. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 5, 295 - 304. https: // doi. org / 10.1016 / j. ijppaw. 2016.10.001
  • Nava, S., Beati, L., Venzal, J. M., Labruna, M. B., Szabo, M. P. J., Petney, T., Saracho-Bottero, M. N., Tarragona, E. L., Santos Silva, M. M., Mangold, A. J., Guglielmone, A. A. & Estrada-Pena, A. (2018) Rhipicephalus sanguineus (Latreille, 1806): neotype designation, morphological re-description of all parasitic stages and molecular characterization. Ticks and Tickborne Diseases, 9, 1573 - 1585. https: // doi. org / 10.1016 / j. ttbdis. 2018.08.001
  • Bermudez, S., Apanaskevich, D. A. & Dominguez, L. (2018) Garrapatas Ixodidae de Panama. Secretaria Nacional de Ciencia, Tecnologia e Innovacion, Panama, 129 pp.
  • Gruhn, K. D., Ogrzewalska, M., Rozental, T., Farikoski, I. O., Blanco, C., Freitas, L. S., Lemos, E. R. S. & Ribeiro, V. M. F. (2019) Evaluation of rickettsial infection in free-range capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris Linnaeus, 1766 [sic]) (Rodentia: Caviidae) and ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) in the Western Amazon, Brazil. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, 10, 961 - 966. https: // doi. org / 10.1016 / j. ttbdis. 2019.04.007
  • 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
  • Barbieri, F. S., Brito, L. G., Labruna, M. B., Barros-Battesti, D. M., Camargo, L. M. A. & Famadas, K. M. (2008 b) Description of the larva of Amblyomma pacae Aragao, 1911 (Acari: Ixodidae) by light and scanning electron microscopy. Systematic & Applied Acarology, 13, 195 - 203. https: // doi. org / 10.11158 / saa. 13.3.6
  • Robinson, L. E. (1926) Ticks. A monograph of the Ixodoidea. Part IV. The genus Amblyomma. Cambridge University Press, London, 302 pp.
  • Aragao, H. B. & Fonseca, F. (1961 a) Nota de ixodologia. VIII. Lista e chave para os representantes da fauna ixodologica brasileira. Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 59, 115 - 129. https: // doi. org / 10.1590 / S 0074 - 02761961000200001
  • 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.
  • Nava, S., Venzal, J. M., Gonzalez-Acuna, D., Martins, T. F. & Guglielmone, A. A. (2017) Ticks of the Southern Cone of America. Elsevier Academic Press, London, San Diego, Cambridge, Oxford, 348 pp.
  • 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
  • Guzman-Cornejo, C., Robbins, R. G., 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