Amblyomma fuscum Neumann, 1907d

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 : 95

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scientific name	Amblyomma fuscum Neumann, 1907d
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44. Amblyomma fuscum Neumann, 1907d View in CoL .

A Neotropical species with a peculiar host profile because adult ticks have been found on Anura : Bufonidae, Crocodilia : Alligatoridae , Squamata : Boidae , Colubridae and Teiidae , Cingulata : Dasypodidae , and Carnivora : Canidae , while immature stages have been collected from Carnivora : Canidae , Rodentia : Cricetidae , Echimyidae and Sciuridae , and Didelphimorphia : Didelphidae ( Guglielmone & Robbins 2018, Dantas-Torres et al. 2019a). Amblyomma fuscum is a very rare parasite of humans.

M: Neumann (1907d)

F: Aragão (1936)

N: Martins et al. (2010)

L: undescribed

Redescriptions

M: Robinson (1926), Schulze (1936b), Barros-Battesti et al. (2005b), Onofrio et al. (2006b), Voltzit (2007), Dantas-Torres et al. (2019b)

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

N: none

Note: Amblyomma fuscum is not listed as a valid species in Keirans (1992) and Horak et al. (2002).

References

Aragao, H. B. (1936) Ixodidas brasileiros e de algunos paizes limitrophes. Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 31, 759 - 843. https: // doi. org / 10.1590 / S 0074 - 02761936000400004

Barros-Battesti, D. M., Onofrio, V. C., Labruna, M. B., Martins, J. R. & Guglielmone, A. A. (2005 b) Redescription of Amblyomma fuscum Neumann, 1907 (Acari: Ixodidae), a rare South America tick confirmed in Brazil. Systematic Parasitology, 61, 85 - 92. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / s 11230 - 004 - 6353 - 7

Dantas-Torres, F., Mascarenhas-Junior, P. B., Anjos, H. R., Santos, E. M. & Correia, J. M. S. (2019 a) Tick infestation on caimans: a casual tick-host association in the Atlantic rainforest biome? Experimental and Applied Acarology, 79, 411 - 420. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / s 10493 - 019 - 00430 - z

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

Guglielmone, A. A. & Robbins, R. G. (2018) Hard ticks (Acari: Ixodida: Ixodidae) parasitizing humans. A global overview. Springer, Cham, 314 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / 978 - 3 - 319 - 95552 - 0

Horak, I. G., Camicas, J. L. & Keirans, J. E. (2002) The Argasidae, Ixodidae and Nuttalliellidae (Acari: Ixodida): a world list of valid tick names. Experimental and Applied Acarology, 28, 27 - 54. https: // doi. org / 10.1023 / A: 1025381712339

Keirans, J. E. (1992) Systematics of the Ixodida (Argasidae, Ixodidae, Nuttalliellidae): an overview and some problems. In: Fivaz, B., Petney, T. & Horak, I. (Eds.), Tick vector biology. Medical and veterinary aspects. Springer-Verlag. Berlin, New York and othercities, pp. 1 - 21. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / 978 - 3 - 642 - 76643 - 5 _ 1

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

Neumann, L. G., (1907 d) Quatre especes nouvelles d'ixodides. Notes from the Leyden Museum, 29, 88 - 100.

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.

Robinson, L. E. (1926) Ticks. A monograph of the Ixodoidea. Part IV. The genus Amblyomma. Cambridge University Press, London, 302 pp.

Schulze, P. (1936 b) Neue und wenig bekannte Amblyommen und Aponommen aus Afrika, Sudamerika, Indien, Borneo und Australien. (Ixodidae). Zeitschrift fur Parasitenkunde, 8, 619 - 637. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / BF 02120431

Voltzit, O. V. (2007) A review of Neotropical Amblyomma species (Acari: Ixodidae). Acarina, 15, 3 - 134.