Amblyomma helvolum Koch, 1844
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4558.1.1 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4541880 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DD87C4-FFD7-FFE7-1EFC-DA5FFC54FEC3 |
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Amblyomma helvolum Koch, 1844 View in CoL
An Australasian and Oriental tick, this species is found most commonly in montane rainforests. It is a parasite of large lizards and snakes, with rare records from tortoises and mammals ( Anastos 1950; Auffenberg 1988; Hoogstraal and Aeschlimann 1982). Burridge (2011) lists A. helvolum as feeding on humans, but Guglielmone et al. (2014) tentatively reject this as no confirmation was found.
Amblyomma helvolum View in CoL is a small tick that is widely distributed throughout much of Southeast Asia. On the continent, it has been reported from Lao PDR, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam ( Kohls 1957; Hoogstraal et al. 1968b; Petney and Keirans 1996b). The male, female and nymph are described in Voltzit and Keirans (2002).
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Amblyomma helvolum Koch, 1844
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 |
Amblyomma helvolum
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