Amblyomma goeldii (Neumann 1899)

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 : 403

Amblyomma goeldii (Neumann 1899)

It has been described in Brazil, French Guiana, Surinam, Guyana, Colombia and Jamaica ( Robinson 1926; Jones et al. 1972; Voltzit 2007; Ogrzewalska et al. 2010; Martins et al. 2015; Soares et al. 2015). This tick was originally named as Ixodes gervaisii and considered to be an exclusive reptile tick ( Guglielmone et al. 2010). It was often misidentified as A. rotundatum in the early literature ( Voltzit 2007). New records have shown association with anteaters ( Pilosa : Myrmecophagidae ); toads and snakes are the main hosts for adult and nymph stages. A. goeldii can be miss-identified with A. romitii Tonelli-Rondelli 1939 , A. dissimile , and A. rotundatum ( Martins et al. 2015) . The geographical distribution of A. goeldii appears to be restricted to the Amazonian region, where males and females have been described ( Onofrio et al. 2006; Martins et al. 2015). In Venezuela, its presence was associated with B. marinus in San Fernando de Atabapo, Bio Orinoco ( Jones et al. 1972); and in Brazil, State of Amazonas, with Tamandua tetradactyla ( Ogrzewalska et al. 2010) . There is just one report in Colombia,, an adult female, collected from a toad (big) in Condoto by Dr. Spurrel H.F.G in 1913 ( Osorno-Mesa 1942); this report needs to be replicated, updated and clarified ( Robinson 1926; Keirans and Nuttall 1985). New studies are required in order to understand its bio-ecology and distribution areas.