Amblyomma hirtum Neumann, 1906

Guglielmone, Alberto A., Petney, Trevor N. & Robbins, Richard G., 2020, Ixodidae (Acari: Ixodoidea): descriptions and redescriptions of all known species from 1758 to December 31, 2019, Zootaxa 4871 (1), pp. 1-322 : 99

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scientific name	Amblyomma hirtum Neumann, 1906
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56. Amblyomma hirtum Neumann, 1906 View in CoL .

A Neotropical species collected from an unknown host.

M: Neumann (1906) ; see note below

F: Neumann (1906) ; see note below

N: unknown

L: unknown

Redescriptions

M: Robinson (1926)

F: Robinson (1926)

Note: Amblyomma hirtum is not included as valid in Keirans (1992), probably because he overlooked this species, whose illustrations in Neumann (1906) resemble the figure of Amblyomma macfarlandi published by Keirans et al. (1973). However, J.E. Keirans in Guglielmone et al. (2003) stated, after checking the types of both taxa, that female Amblyomma hirtum possess very large porose areas and long setae on the dorsum, with whitish-ivory ornamentation confined to the scapular region, while the male of Amblyomma hirtum is much smaller than that of Amblyomma macfarlandi , and its dentition is 2/2, whereas that of Amblyomma macfarlandi is 3/3. Therefore, Amblyomma hirtum and Amblyomma macfarlandi are regarded as valid here. Santos Dias (1958c) treats Amblyomma hirtum as a synonym of Amblyomma pilosum , but both species are valid, as discussed in Guglielmone et al. (2003).

References

Guglielmone, A. A., Estrada-Pena, A., Keirans, J. E. & Robbins, R. G. (2003) Ticks (Acari: Ixodida) of the Neotropical Zoogeographic Region. Special Publication of the Integrated Consortium on Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases- 2. Integrated Consortium on Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases, Atalanta, Houten, 173 pp.

Keirans, J. E., Hoogstraal, H. & Clifford, C. M. (1973) The Amblyomma (Acarina: Ixodidae) parasitic on giant tortoises (Reptilia: Testudinidae) of the Galapagos Islands. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 66, 673 - 688. https: // doi. org / 10.1093 / aesa / 66.3.673

Keirans, J. E. (1992) Systematics of the Ixodida (Argasidae, Ixodidae, Nuttalliellidae): an overview and some problems. In: Fivaz, B., Petney, T. & Horak, I. (Eds.), Tick vector biology. Medical and veterinary aspects. Springer-Verlag. Berlin, New York and othercities, pp. 1 - 21. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / 978 - 3 - 642 - 76643 - 5 _ 1

Neumann, L. G. (1906) Notes sur les Ixodides. IV. Archives de Parasitologie, 10, 195 - 219.

Robinson, L. E. (1926) Ticks. A monograph of the Ixodoidea. Part IV. The genus Amblyomma. Cambridge University Press, London, 302 pp.

Santos Dias, J. A. T. (1958 c) Notas ixodologicas. V. Acerca de alguns ixodideos do Museu do Hamburgo. Memorias e Estudos d o Museu Zoologico da Universidade de Coimbra, 253, 1 - 32.