Amblyomma splendidum Giebel, 1877

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, Zootaxa 4871 (1), pp. 1-322 : 121

116. Amblyomma splendidum Giebel, 1877 .

An Afrotropical species whose adults and nymphs are usually found on Artiodactyla : Bovidae . All parasitic stages of Amblyomma splendidum have been collected from Artiodactyla : Bovidae and Suidae ; adults alone have been recovered from Proboscidea : Elephantidae ; nymphs and larvae have been taken from Carnivora : Canidae , Rodentia : Thryonomyidae , and Galliformes : Numididae ; larvae alone have been found on Galliformes : Phasianidae . There are no records of Amblyomma splendidum causing human parasitism.

M: Giebel (1877)

F: Giebel (1877)

N: Borght-Elbl (1977); see note below

L: Borght-Elbl (1977); see note below

Redescriptions

M: Neumann (1899) , Dönitz (1909), Robinson (1926), Tendeiro (1952), Elbl and Anastos (1966a), Matthysse and Colbo (1987), Voltzit and Keirans (2003)

F: Neumann (1899) , Dönitz (1909), Robinson (1926), Tendeiro (1952), Elbl and Anastos (1966a), Matthysse and Colbo (1987), Voltzit and Keirans (2003)

N: none

L: none

Note: the descriptions of the nymph and larva of Amblyomma splendidum in Borght-Elbl (1977) are not recognized by Voltzit and Keirans (2003).