Amblyomma scalpturatum 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 : 119

111. Amblyomma scalpturatum Neumann, 1906 .

A Neotropical species whose adults are usually found on Perissodactyla : Tapiridae ; nymphs have been collected from Artiodactyla : Suidae and Tayassuidae , Carnivora : Canidae and Felidae , and Rodentia : Cuniculidae and Dasyproctidae ( Guglielmone & Robbins 2018, Binetruy et al. 2019). Amblyomma scalpturatum is a sporadic parasite of humans.

M: Schulze (1933d), under the name Amblyomma myrmecophagae , a synonym of Amblyomma scalpturatum

F: Neumann (1906)

N: Martins et al. (2010)

L: unknown

Redescriptions

M: Robinson (1926), Floch and Fauran (1958), Boero and Prosen (1960), Labruna et al. (2005b), Voltzit (2007), Dantas-Torres et al. (2019b)

F: Floch and Fauran (1958), Boero and Prosen (1960), Labruna et al. (2005b), Voltzit (2007), Dantas-Torres et al. (2019b)

N: none

Note: see Amblyomma latepunctatum and Amblyomma multipunctum for their confusion with Amblyomma scalpturatum .