Amblyomma latepunctatum Tonelli Rondelli, 1939

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 : 102-103

66. Amblyomma latepunctatum Tonelli Rondelli, 1939 .

A Neotropical species whose adults have been found on Perissodactyla : Tapiridae ; nymphs have been collected from Artiodactyla : Tayassuidae , Didelphimorphia : Didelphidae , and Rodentia : Dasyproctidae . Amblyomma latepunctatum is a very rare parasite of humans.

M: Labruna et al. (2005b)

F: Tonelli Rondelli (1939)

N: Martins et al. (2010)

L: undescribed

Redescriptions

M: Onofrio et al. (2006b), Voltzit (2007), Dantas-Torres et al. (2019b)

F: Labruna et al. (2005b), Onofrio et al. (2006b), Voltzit (2007), Dantas-Torres et al. (2019b)

N: none

Note: Amblyomma latepunctaum was reinstated by Labruna et al. (2005b). Prior to their study, Amblyomma latepunctatum was extensively confused with Amblyomma incisum and Amblyomma scalpturatum .