Amblyomma multipunctum Neumann, 1899

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 : 107-108

79. Amblyomma multipunctum Neumann, 1899 .

A Neotropical species whose adults are usually found on Perissodactyla : Tapiridae ; nymphs have also been collected from Tapiridae . There are no records of Amblyomma multipunctum causing human parasitism.

M: Neumann (1899) ; see note below

F: Fonseca and Aragão (1953)

N: Labruna et al. (2013)

L: unknown

Redescriptions

M: Robinson (1926), Fonseca and Aragão (1953), Onofrio et al. (2006b), Voltzit (2007)

F: Onofrio et al. (2006b), Voltzit (2007); see note below

N: none

Note: Guglielmone et al. (2003) state that redescription of the types of Amblyomma multipunctum is needed in order to resolve differences in the descriptions of this species among authors, while warning that the keys in Jones et al. (1972) are useless when attempting to identify Amblyomma multipunctum . Labruna et al. (2013) stated that the description of Amblyomma multipunctum in Boero and Prosen (1959) probably corresponds to Amblyomma scalpturatum . An accurate description of Amblyomma multipunctum is still needed although Fonseca and Aragão (1953) should have preeminence over other descriptions (apart from the original description of the female) because their redescription of the male is based on the type series (two specimens with minor variation between them), while Robinson (1926) described one male from the type series.