Amblyomma nitidum Hirst and Hirst, 1910

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 : 108-109

82. Amblyomma nitidum Hirst and Hirst, 1910 .

An Australasian and Oriental species, all of whose stages parasitize Squamata : Elapidae . There are no records of Amblyomma nitidum causing human parasitism.

M: Hirst and Hirst (1910)

F: Hirst and Hirst (1910)

N: Sharif (1928)

L: Sharif (1928)

Redescriptions

M: Robinson (1926), Sharif (1928), Voltzit and Keirans (2002)

F: Robinson (1926), Sharif (1928), Yamaguti et al. (1971), Voltzit and Keirans (2002)

N: Rageau and Vervent (1959), under the name Amblyomma laticaudae , but see note below

L: Rageau (1960), under the name Amblyomma laticaudae, Voltzit and Keirans (2002) ; see note below

Note: Rageau and Vervent (1959) published as a new species Amblyomma laticaudae , a name preoccupied by Amblyomma laticaudae as described by Warburton (1933), based on three nymphs and a larva collected from a sea snake, but they did not describe the larva. Later, Rageau (1960) described the larva and recognized Amblyomma laticaudae Rageau and Vervent as a synonym of Amblyomma laticaudae Warburton. However , both names Amblyomma laticaudae Warburton and Amblyomma laticaudae Rageau and Vervent are synonyms of Amblyomma nitidum , as first recognized by Audy et al. (1960). The name Amblyomma laticaudae Rageau and Vervent was overlooked in the study of Guglielmone and Nava (2014).