Amblyomma astrion Dönitz, 1909

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 : 81-82

8. Amblyomma astrion Dönitz, 1909 .

An Afrotropical species whose adults and nymphs are usually found on Artiodactyla : Bovidae , but larvae have also been recovered from this type of host; adults and nymphs have been collected from Artiodactyla : Suidae , and Carnivora : Canidae ; adults alone have been found on Afrosoricida : Tenric-idae, and Proboscidea : Elephantidae ; larvae have rarely been collected from Galliformes : Phasianidae . There are no records of Amblyomma astrion causing human parasitism.

M: Dönitz, 1909

F: Elbl and Anastos (1966a); see note below

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

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

Redescriptions

M: Robinson (1926), Elbl and Anastos (1966a), Voltzit and Keirans (2003); see note below

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

N: Voltzit and Keirans (2003)

L: none

Note: Voltzit and Keirans (2003) claim that Elbl and Anastos (1966a) confused the adults of Amblyomma astrion with those of Amblyomma cohaerens and do not recognize the larva and nymph of Amblyomma astrion described in Borght-Elbl (1977). These descriptions and redescriptions of Amblyomma astrion are treated here as provisionally valid, although the morphological separation of Amblyomma astrion from Amblyomma cohaerens and Amblyomma splendidum is sometimes difficult ( Hoogstraal, 1956a). In Voltzit and Keirans (2003) the text description of the hypostomal dental formula for the male and female of Amblyomma astrion differs from that shown in the accompanying figures.