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).