Amblyomma soembawense ( Anastos, 1956 )

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 : 120

114. Amblyomma soembawense ( Anastos, 1956) .

An Australasian species whose adults are usually found on Squamata : Varanidae ; nymphs have also been collected from Varanidae and from Squamata : Pythonidae . There are no records of Amblyomma soembawense causing human parasitism.

M: Anastos (1956), under the name Aponomma soembawensis , and amended and given its current status in Horak et al. (2002)

F: Anastos (1956), under the name Aponomma soembawensis

N: undescribed

L: Kadarsan (1971), under the name Aponomma soembawensis ; see note below

Redescriptions

M: Kaufman (1972) and Santos Dias (1993), both under the name Aponomma soembawensis

F: Kaufman (1972) and Santos Dias (1993), both under the name Aponomma soembawensis

L: none

Note: Camicas et al. (1998, under the name Aponomma soembawense ) state that the larva of Amblyomma soembawense is undescribed, but its description in Kadarsan (1971) is treated as valid here.