Amblyomma calcaratum Neumann, 1899
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E45B65-8934-E273-E007-FBFA29E1F9E3 |
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Felipe |
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Amblyomma calcaratum Neumann, 1899 |
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Amblyomma calcaratum Neumann, 1899 View in CoL
This tick has been recorded in Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Panama, Paraguay, Trinidad and Tobago, Surinam and Venezuela ( Jones et al. 1972; Onofrio et al. 2006; Voltzit 2007; Lopez 2017). The larval and nymphal stages have been found on birds. In Colombia, it has been reported on Tamandua tetradactyla (anteater) and on C. lupus familiaris from Chocó ( Reyes 1938; Wramc 1998; Onofrio et al. 2006; Lopez 2017). Similar to southern Mexico and other countries ( Guglielmone et al. 2003; Guzmán-Cornejo et al. 2006), this tick is a vector of Rickettsia sp. and R. parkeri ( Ogrzewalska et al. 2013; Lopez 2017). Adults of this species have been deposited at the Zoologische Museum Hamburg, Germany (ZSH), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, France (MNHN), and The Natural History Museum, London, England (BMNH) ( Onofrio et al. 2006). This tick requires further research in order to better understand its associations with tick-borne diseases as well as to improve the available information regarding its geographical distribution; it is not known if this species is a vector of Rickettsia in Colombia.
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