118. Amblyomma supinoi Neumann, 1905.

An Oriental species whose adults are usually found on Testudines: Testudinidae, but they have also been collected from Testudines: Emydidae, Squamata: Varanidae, Carnivora: Herpestidae, and Rodentia: Hystricidae; nymphs have been collected from Testudines (unknown family). There are no records of Amblyomma supinoi causing human parasitism.

M: Robinson (1926)

F: Supino (1897a), under the name Ixodes testudinis, preoccupied, and given its current status in Neumann (1905) N: Voltzit and Keirans (2002)

L: unknown

Redescriptions

M: Sharif (1928), Toumanoff (1944), Voltzit and Keirans (2002)

F: Robinson (1926), Sharif (1928), Toumanoff (1944), Voltzit and Keirans (2002)

N: none

Note: see Amblyomma robinsoni for the confusion of the female of that species with the female of Amblyomma supinoi.