Amblyomma maculatum Koch, 1844

Benavides-Montaño, Javier Antonio, Betancourt-Echeverri, Jesus Antonio, Valencia, Gustavo López & Mesa-Cobo, Nora Cristina, 2022, A review of hard ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) in Colombia: The risk of tick-borne diseases, Persian Journal of Acarology 11 (3), pp. 397-437 : 404

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2251-8169

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scientific name

Amblyomma maculatum Koch, 1844
status

 

Amblyomma maculatum Koch, 1844 View in CoL

The Amblyomma maculatum View in CoL group formerly included A. tigrinum Koch, 1844 View in CoL , A. triste Koch, 1844 View in CoL , A. maculatum View in CoL , A. neumanni View in CoL and A. parvitarsum Neumann, 1901 View in CoL . Amblyomma maculatum View in CoL has often been confused with A. triste View in CoL and A. tigrinum (Volzit 2007) View in CoL . After new morphological and molecular studies, this group was reduced to A. maculatum View in CoL , A. triste View in CoL and A. tigrinum ( Estrada-Peña et al. 2005) View in CoL . Amblyomma tigrinum View in CoL is present in every South American country, except for Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, and Surinam ( Jones et al. 1972). Amblyomma maculatum View in CoL occurs no farther south than Colombia and Venezuela, and the most southern records of A. maculatum View in CoL from canids are in every case A. tigrinum View in CoL (Aragão 1918; Kohls 1956). Both species are at first glance similar, but adults of A. maculatum View in CoL possess a pair of spurs distally on the metatarsi of legs II, III and IV, whereas in adults of A. tigrinum View in CoL only a single spur occurs on these metatarsi. This tick is a Neotropical-Nearctic species with bona fide records from Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, the U.S.A., and Venezuela ( Onofrio et al. 2006; Mastropaolo et al. 2014). It is known as “gulf coast ticks”; it is a three-host tick that has been reported throughout the Americas and in some of the islands of the Caribbean basin. The adults parasitize different mammals, primarily ruminants, dogs, deer, coyotes, foxes. It is considered an aggressive, human and animal-biting ixodid tick ( Bishopp and Hixson 1936). The immature stages feed on a variety of birds but occasionally use small mammals as hosts ( Guglielmone et al. 2003; Teel et al. 2010; Voltzit 2007). Infested livestock often experience decreased body weight, irritation and/or secondary infection. Amblyomma maculatum View in CoL is a potential vector of human pathogens such as Ehrlichia ruminantium View in CoL ( Bram et al. 2002; Mahan et al. 2000), R. parkeri View in CoL ( Sumner et al. 2007; Paddock et al. 2008; Socolovschi et al. 2009). In Colombia, A. maculatum View in CoL has been reported on cattle, horses, dogs, birds, and rodents ( Wramc 1998; Lopez 2017). It was previously reported in the Eastern Plains (Llanos Orientales) ( Wells 1975; Wells et al. 1981 b) with ticks sent by Dr. Luis Patino-Camargo to Dr. Gadow H and donated to the Rocky Mountain Laboratory ( Robinson 1926). The presence of R.M.S.F. agent ( R. ricketsii ) in 1935 was previously associated with Dermacentor nitens View in CoL and A. cajennense View in CoL ticks collected from horses, horse saddles and mule dresses, and Rhipicephalus sanguineus View in CoL from dogs ( Patino et al. 1937; Hidalgo et al. 2007). New reports of Rickettsia spp. in Colombia confirm its presence on dogs from the Caldas, Ibague and Tolima departments ( Rivera-Paez et al. 2018a), A. nitens View in CoL in Valle del Cauca, A. cajennense View in CoL , Ixodes spp. , on Equus caballus View in CoL and E. asinus View in CoL in Peñas Gordas/Dagua (3° 46' 34.8" N), (76° 43' 05.3" W) at 345 m a.s.l. ( Benavides-Montaño et al. 2018) deposited on CEUNP (008-009) ( Benavides-Montaño et al. 2018), on dogs and horses in Santander, Cattle in Tolima, and Zarigüeya Lanuda Caluromis derbianus - Marmosa alstoni in Valle del Cauca. Efrain Benavides reported the presence of A. maculatum View in CoL (three females and six males) from rural areas of Anapoima, Fusagasugá, Tocaima and Ricaurte in tropical dry forest - Interandean Valles ( Benavides et al. 2017a). This tick was recently reported as a vector of Candidatus R. andeanae in ticks collected from C. lupus familiaris in Ibague ( Rivera-Paez et al. 2018b).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Ixodida

Family

Ixodidae

Genus

Amblyomma

Loc

Amblyomma maculatum Koch, 1844

Benavides-Montaño, Javier Antonio, Betancourt-Echeverri, Jesus Antonio, Valencia, Gustavo López & Mesa-Cobo, Nora Cristina 2022
2022
Loc

Ehrlichia ruminantium

Dumler et al. 2001
2001
Loc

R. ricketsii

Brumpt 1922
1922
Loc

A. neumanni

Ribaga 1902
1902
Loc

A. parvitarsum

Neumann 1901
1901
Loc

Dermacentor nitens

Neumann 1897
1897
Loc

A. nitens

Neumann 1897
1897
Loc

Amblyomma maculatum

Koch 1844
1844
Loc

A. tigrinum

Koch 1844
1844
Loc

A. triste

Koch 1844
1844
Loc

A. maculatum

Koch 1844
1844
Loc

Amblyomma maculatum

Koch 1844
1844
Loc

A. triste

Koch 1844
1844
Loc

A. maculatum

Koch 1844
1844
Loc

A. triste

Koch 1844
1844
Loc

Amblyomma maculatum

Koch 1844
1844
Loc

A. maculatum

Koch 1844
1844
Loc

A. maculatum

Koch 1844
1844
Loc

Amblyomma maculatum

Koch 1844
1844
Loc

A. maculatum

Koch 1844
1844
Loc

A. maculatum

Koch 1844
1844
Loc

E. asinus

Linnaeus 1758
1758
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