Amblyomma fuscum Neumann, 1907d

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 : 95

44. Amblyomma fuscum Neumann, 1907d .

A Neotropical species with a peculiar host profile because adult ticks have been found on Anura : Bufonidae, Crocodilia : Alligatoridae , Squamata : Boidae , Colubridae and Teiidae , Cingulata : Dasypodidae , and Carnivora : Canidae , while immature stages have been collected from Carnivora : Canidae , Rodentia : Cricetidae , Echimyidae and Sciuridae , and Didelphimorphia : Didelphidae ( Guglielmone & Robbins 2018, Dantas-Torres et al. 2019a). Amblyomma fuscum is a very rare parasite of humans.

M: Neumann (1907d)

F: Aragão (1936)

N: Martins et al. (2010)

L: undescribed

Redescriptions

M: Robinson (1926), Schulze (1936b), Barros-Battesti et al. (2005b), Onofrio et al. (2006b), Voltzit (2007), Dantas-Torres et al. (2019b)

F: Barros-Battesti et al. (2005b), Onofrio et al. (2006b), Voltzit (2007), Dantas-Torres et al. (2019b)

N: none

Note: Amblyomma fuscum is not listed as a valid species in Keirans (1992) and Horak et al. (2002).