Amblyomma hirtum Neumann, 1906

Guglielmone, Alberto A., Nava, Santiago & Robbins, Richard G., 2023, Geographic distribution of the hard ticks (Acari: Ixodida: Ixodidae) of the world by countries and territories, Zootaxa 5251 (1), pp. 1-274 : 50

56. Amblyomma hirtum Neumann, 1906 .

Neotropical: 1) Ecuador ( Guglielmone et al. 2021).

Keirans (1992) did not include Amblyomma hirtum in his list of ticks of the world, but that author endorsed the validity of this species in Guglielmone et al. (2003).

Amblyomma hirtum was described by Neumann (1906) from specimens collected in the Galápagos Islands and “l’île St. Paul,” an island that has been associated with Saint Paul´s Rocks, near the northeast coast of Brazil, by Guglielmone et al. (2003), but its presence there has not been confirmed. Dantas-Torres et al. (2009) doubt the presence of Amblyomma hirtum in Brazil. Hooker (1909) and Thompson (1950) listed Amblyomma hirtum as part of the ixodid fauna of the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe, but that island is another doubtful locality for this species. Therefore, Brazil and Guadeloupe are not included within the range of Amblyomma hirtum .