Amblyomma longirostre (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 : 403

Amblyomma longirostre (Koch, 1844)

This species is endemic in South America; its presence has been reported in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guayana, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Surinam, Trinidad y Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela ( Barros-Battesti et al. 2006; Onofrio et al. 2006; Lopez 2017). Nymphs parasitize passeriform birds and the adults infest rodents such as Coendou sp. and Sphigurus sp. ( Onofrio et al. 2006). In Colombia, it has been reported on a porcupine Cercolabes prehensilis that came from Boyacá ( Osorno-Mesa 1942), but there are no new updates. Amblyomma longirostre is a species whose adults mainly parasite rodents of the Erethizontidae family, including the porcupines Coendou prehensilis , although occasionally it has also been found on monkeys of the genus Cebus , cappuccino monkey, and on humans (Lopez 2017). The nymphs have been found feeding on frugivorous bats Artibeus spp. , rodents Sciurus spp. as well as in a wide variety of birds in Central America, South America and the United States ( Venzal et al. 2005; Rodríguez-Peraza et al. 2014; Lopez 2017). Rickettsiae like R. belli , R. parkeri and R. amblyommii have been found in this tick in Latin America ( Labruna et al. 2004; Noden et al. 2015). However, there is no new information regarding their presence in Colombia.