Amblyomma eburneum Gerstäcker, 1873

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 : 91-92

35. Amblyomma eburneum Gerstäcker, 1873 .

An Afrotropical species whose adults are usually found on Artiodactyla : Bovidae ; the few records of immature stages are also from Bovidae ; adults alone have been collected from Artiodactyla : Giraffidae and Suidae , Carnivora : Felidae , Perissodactyla : Rhinocerotidae , Proboscidea : Elephantidae , and Squamata : Varanidae (Guglielmone et al. 2014, Kariuki et al. 2019). There are no records of Amblyomma eburneum causing human parasitism.

M: Gerstäcker (1873)

F: Gerstäcker (1873)

N: Borght-Elbl (1977); see note below

L: Borght-Elbl (1977); see note below

Redescriptions

M: Neumann (1899) , Dönitz (1909, 1910a), Robinson (1926), Tendeiro (1959b), Elbl and Anastos (1966a), Voltzit and Keirans (2003)

F: Neumann (1899) , Dönitz (1909, 1910a), Robinson (1926), Tendeiro (1959b), Elbl and Anastos (1966a), Voltzit and Keirans (2003)

N: Voltzit and Keirans (2003); see note below

L: Voltzit and Keirans (2003); see note below

Note: there is controversy concerning the morphological separation of Amblyomma eburneum and Amblyomma gemma , as discussed in detail by Tendeiro (1959b). The larva and nymph of Amblyomma eburneum described in Borght-Elbl (1977) are not recognized by Voltzit and Keirans (2003); further, the larva of this tick as described in Borght-Elbl (1977) differs morphologically from the description in Voltzit and Keirans (2003), raising questions about the correct identification of Amblyomma eburneum , as well as the validity of the descriptions and redescriptions above, apart from those of Gerstäcker (1873).