Amblyomma romitii 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 : 117-118

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scientific name	Amblyomma romitii Tonelli Rondelli, 1939
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108. Amblyomma romitii Tonelli Rondelli, 1939 View in CoL .

A Neotropical species whose adults and nymphs have been found on Rodentia : Caviidae ; adult ticks alone have been recovered from Didelphimorphia : Didelphidae . Amblyomma romitii is a rare parasite of humans.

M: Tonelli Rondelli (1939)

F: Tonelli Rondelli (1939)

N: Tonelli Rondelli (1939)

L: Barros-Battesti et al. (2012)

Redescriptions

M: Floch and Abonnenc (1940), under the name Amblyomma tasquei , a synonym of Amblyomma romitii, Floch and Fauran (1958) , Onofrio et al. (2006b), Barros-Battesti et al. (2007a), Dantas-Torres et al. (2019b)

F: Floch and Abonnenc (1940), under the name Amblyomma tasquei, Floch and Fauran (1958) , Onofrio et al. (2006b), Barros-Battesti et al. (2007a), Dantas-Torres et al. (2019b)

N: Martins et al. (2010)

L: none

Note: Amblyomma romitii had been considered a synonym of Amblyomma extraoculatum but it was definitively reinstated as a valid species by Barros-Battesti et al. (2007a). See also Amblyomma extraoculatum .

References

Barros-Battesti, D. M., Arzua, M., Onofrio, V. C. & Labruna, M. B. (2007 a) Validation and redescription of Amblyomma romitii Tonelli Rondelli, 1939 (Acari: Ixodidae). Systematic Parasitology, 68, 79 - 86. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / s 11230 - 006 - 9079 - x

Barros-Battesti, D. M., Ramirez, D. G., Sampaio, J. S., Famadas, K. M., Faccini, J. L. H., Nunes, P. H., Martins, T. F., Ogrzewalska, M., Labruna, M. B., Marcili, A. & Barbieri, F. S. (2012) Description of larva of Amblyomma romitii (Acari: Ixodidae) by optical and scanning electron microscopy, including porotaxy and phylogenetic analysis. Experimental and Applied Acarology, 60, 271 - 280. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / s 10493 - 012 - 9631 - 0

Dantas-Torres, F., Martins, T. F., Munoz-Leal, S., Onofrio, V. C. & Barros-Battesti, D. M. (2019 b) Ticks (Ixodida: Argasidae, Ixodidae) of Brazil: updated species checklist and taxonomic keys. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, 10 (article 101252), 1 - 45. https: // doi. org / 10.1016 / j. ttbdis. 2019.06.012

Floch, H. & Abonnenc, E. (1940) Ixodides de la Guyane Francaise. Publication Institut Pasteur de la Guyane et de Territoire de l'Inini, 3, 1 - 46.

Floch, H. & Fauran, P. (1958) Ixodides de la Guyane et des Antilles Francaises. Archives de l'Institut Pasteur de la Guyane et de l'Inini, 446, 1 - 194.

Martins, T. F., Onofrio, V. C., Barros-Battesti, D. M. & Labruna, M. B. (2010) Nymphs of the genus Amblyomma (Acari: Ixodidae) of Brazil: descriptions, redescriptions, and identification key. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, 1, 75 - 99. https: // doi. org / 10.1016 / j. ttbdis. 2010.03.002

Onofrio, V. C., Labruna, M. B., Pinter, A., Giacomin, F. G. & Barros-Battesti, D. M. (2006 b) Comentarios e chaves para as especies do genero Amblyomma. In: Barros-Battesti, D. M., Arzua, M. & Bechara, G. H. (Eds.), Carrapatos de importancia medico-veterinaria da regiao neotropical: um guia ilustrada para identificacao de especies. Vox / ICTTD- 3 / Butantan, Sao Paulo, pp. 53 - 113.

Tonelli Rondelli, M. (1939) Ixodoidea. Parte II. Contributo alla conoscenza della fauna ixodologica Sud-americana. Rivista di Parassitologia, 3, 39 - 55.