Amblyomma coelebs Neumann, 1899

Benavides-Montaño, Javier Antonio, Betancourt-Echeverri, Jesus Antonio, Valencia, Gustavo López & Mesa-Cobo, Nora Cristina, 2022, A review of hard ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) in Colombia: The risk of tick-borne diseases, Persian Journal of Acarology 11 (3), pp. 397-437 : 400

Amblyomma coelebs Neumann, 1899

It is present in Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Guaiana, French Guiana, Honduras, south of Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Surinam and Venezuela (Nearctic region) ( Onofrio et al. 2006). Amblyomma coelebs feeds on Perissodactyla , more often on tapirs, and has been collected in almost every country in Central and South America, from southern Mexico to Argentina, with the exception of Chile and Uruguay ( Jones et al. 1972; Guglielmone et al. 2003). There have been reports in Brazil about adults and nymphs feeding on humans ( Guglielmone et al. 2006). A nymph, molecularly identified as A. coelebs , was recently collected from a man who had traveled to Guyana (Beati, unpublished data), but it has also been identified on tapirs whereas nymphs use a different host in order to survive ( Labruna and Guglielmone 2009; Martins et al. 2014). It was reported that Candidatus Rickettsia amblyommii is present in this species, probably associated with animal infections in Brazil, Argentina and French Guiana ( Parola et al. 2013). In Colombia, this species has been spotted on cattle, capybaras ( Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris ) and anteaters (Lopez Valencia and Parra Danilo 1985; Lopez 2017).