Amblyomma limbatum Neumann, 1899

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 : 103-104

69. Amblyomma limbatum Neumann, 1899 .

An Australasian species, all of whose parasitic stages have been found on Squamata : Scincidae ; adults and larvae have been collected from Squamata : Agamidae . Amblyomma limbatum is a rare parasite of humans.

M: Neumann (1899)

F: Neumann (1899)

N: undescribed

L: Roberts (1969)

Redescriptions

M: Robinson (1926), Roberts (1964 a, 1970)

F: Robinson (1926), Roberts (1964 a, 1970)

L: none

Note: Roberts (1970) claimed that adults of Amblyomma limbatum are not easy to identify. See also Amblyomma vikirri for a discussion of the difficulties involved in morphologically identifying the larva of that species as well as those of Amblyomma limbatum and Amblyomma glauerti .