Amblyomma trimaculatum (Lucas, 1878)

Petney, Trevor N., Boulanger, Nathalie, Saijuntha, Weerachai, Chitimia-Dobler, Lidia, Pfeffer, Martin, Eamudomkarn, Chatanun, Andrews, Ross H., Ahamad, Mariana, Putthasorn, Noppadon, Muders, Senta V., Petney, David A. & Robbins, Richard G., 2019, Ticks (Argasidae, Ixodidae) and tick-borne diseases of continental Southeast Asia, Zootaxa 4558 (1), pp. 1-89 : 18

Amblyomma trimaculatum (Lucas, 1878)

This species has been reported from the Australasian and Oriental Regions, where the usual hosts are varanid lizards in moist broadleaf forests. It has rarely been found on other lizard and snake species. Its main area of distribution is insular Southeast Asia, including the southern Philippines, Indonesia, New Guinea and northern Queensland, Australia ( Roberts 1970; Kaufman 1972). Thailand is the only country in continental Southeast Asia from which A. trimaculatum has been recorded ( Petney and Keirans 1996b).

The male and female are described in Roberts (1970, as Aponomma trimaculatum ).