A review of hard ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) in Colombia: The risk of tick-borne diseases Author Benavides-Montaño, Javier Antonio Author Betancourt-Echeverri, Jesus Antonio . School of Microbiology and Bioanalysis, Faculty of Health, Industrial Universidad de Santander, Bucaramanga, Colombia; E-mail: jesantbet @ yahoo. com jesantbet@yahoo.com Author Valencia, Gustavo López . Asesor Científico Instituto Colombiano de Medicina Tropical, ICMT, Universidad CES, Medellín, Colombia; E-mail: glopez @ ces. edu. co glopez@ces.edu.co Author Mesa-Cobo, Nora Cristina . Acarology Research group, Immunology and infectious disease group, Agriculture Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Universidad Nacional de Colombia-Palmira, Palmira, Colombia; E-mail: ncmesac @ unal. edu. co ncmesac@unal.edu.co text Persian Journal of Acarology 2022 2022-07-15 11 3 397 437 journal article 2251-8169 Amblyomma humerale (Koch, 1844) This tick is found in Bolivia , Brazil , Colombia , Ecuador , Guiana , French Guiana, Guyana , Surinam , Perú , Trinidad and Tobago , Venezuela ( Onofrio et al . 2006 ). It has been found on birds, lizards, opossums, anteaters, yellow-footed tortoise ( Geochelone denticulate ), rodents ( Oryzomys capito and Proechimys guyannensis ) and dogs ( Labruna et al . 2002 ). Usually, the hosts for adults of A. humerale are reptiles of the order Testudines , but mammals such as dogs have also been found parasitized by immature stages ( Barros-Battesti et al . 2006 ; Onofrio et al . 2006 ). In Colombia , it has been reported on turtles ( Helonoides testiculata ) ( Wramc 1998 ; Lopez 2017). New updates, geographic distribution, ecology, and pathogenic role in humans are required.