Amblyomma mixtum Koch, 1844

Benavides-Montaño, Javier Antonio, Betancourt-Echeverri, Jesus Antonio, Valencia, Gustavo López & Mesa-Cobo, Nora Cristina, 2022, A review of hard ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) in Colombia: The risk of tick-borne diseases, Persian Journal of Acarology 11 (3), pp. 397-437 : 405

Amblyomma mixtum Koch, 1844 ( Fig. 3)

This species has been collected from Bos taurus , Equus asinus , Equus caballus and vegetation in five different locations of Colombia: Arauca; Nunchía, Casanare; Yopal, Casanare; San José de Arama, Meta; and Neira, Caldas ( Rivera-Paez et al. 2016, 2018b), but it has also been described in the Pacífic and Caribbean regions ( Estrada-Peña et al. 2014). In the Orinoquía region, Amblyomma mixtum is considered the main vector of R. ricketsii , the agent that causes R.M.S.F. or Tobia's disease fever, and R. amblyommii ( Nava et al. 2014; Rivera-Paez et al. 2016). Amblyomma mixtum has been described as a vector of R. rickettsii in Central America ( Rivera-Paez et al. 2016). Recently, this tick was reported as positive for the presence of R. rickettsii in specimens collected from Bos taurus , E. caballus, Canis lupus familiaris in Arauca and Yopal (Casanare), Rickettsia sp. strain colombianensis in Yopal (Casanare) ( Rivera-Paez et al. 2018b), and Rickettsia sp. in ticks collected in Santa Marta ( Miranda et al. 2017).