Amblyomma naponense (Packard, 1869)
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E45B65-893E-E279-E004-FE112C12FD5E |
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Felipe |
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Amblyomma naponense (Packard, 1869) |
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Amblyomma naponense (Packard, 1869) View in CoL
It is distributed in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Equador, Guyana, French Guiana, Panama, Peru, Surinam and Venezuela ( Onofrio et al. 2006). It parasitizes ungulates and Xenarthra ( Onofrio et al. 2006; Voltzit 2007). This species has been reported on peccary, Pecari angulatus bangsi , from Rio Boquerón, a region from Panama ( Osorno-Mesa 1942). In Colombia, it has been found in the Raposo river (Buenaventura-Valle del Cauca) parasitizing Heteromys australis (spiny pocket mouse), Pecari , a genus of mammals in the peccary family, Tayassuidae , in addition to Didelphis marsupialis and Myrmecophaga ( Wramc 1998; Lopez 2017).
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