114. Amblyomma soembawense (Anastos, 1956) .

An Australasian species whose adults are usually found on Squamata: Varanidae; nymphs have also been collected from Varanidae and from Squamata: Pythonidae . There are no records of Amblyomma soembawense causing human parasitism.

M: Anastos (1956), under the name Aponomma soembawensis, and amended and given its current status in Horak et al. (2002)

F: Anastos (1956), under the name Aponomma soembawensis

N: undescribed

L: Kadarsan (1971), under the name Aponomma soembawensis; see note below

Redescriptions

M: Kaufman (1972) and Santos Dias (1993), both under the name Aponomma soembawensis

F: Kaufman (1972) and Santos Dias (1993), both under the name Aponomma soembawensis

L: none

Note: Camicas et al. (1998, under the name Aponomma soembawense) state that the larva of Amblyomma soembawense is undescribed, but its description in Kadarsan (1971) is treated as valid here.