35. Amblyomma eburneum Gerstäcker, 1873 .

An Afrotropical species whose adults are usually found on Artiodactyla: Bovidae; the few records of immature stages are also from Bovidae; adults alone have been collected from Artiodactyla: Giraffidae and Suidae, Carnivora: Felidae, Perissodactyla: Rhinocerotidae, Proboscidea: Elephantidae, and Squamata: Varanidae (Guglielmone et al. 2014, Kariuki et al. 2019). There are no records of Amblyomma eburneum causing human parasitism.

M: Gerstäcker (1873)

F: Gerstäcker (1873)

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

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

Redescriptions

M: Neumann (1899), Dönitz (1909, 1910a), Robinson (1926), Tendeiro (1959b), Elbl and Anastos (1966a), Voltzit and Keirans (2003)

F: Neumann (1899), Dönitz (1909, 1910a), Robinson (1926), Tendeiro (1959b), Elbl and Anastos (1966a), Voltzit and Keirans (2003)

N: Voltzit and Keirans (2003); see note below

L: Voltzit and Keirans (2003); see note below

Note: there is controversy concerning the morphological separation of Amblyomma eburneum and Amblyomma gemma, as discussed in detail by Tendeiro (1959b). The larva and nymph of Amblyomma eburneum described in Borght-Elbl (1977) are not recognized by Voltzit and Keirans (2003); further, the larva of this tick as described in Borght-Elbl (1977) differs morphologically from the description in Voltzit and Keirans (2003), raising questions about the correct identification of Amblyomma eburneum, as well as the validity of the descriptions and redescriptions above, apart from those of Gerstäcker (1873).