Amblyomma nodosum 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 : 109

83. Amblyomma nodosum Neumann, 1899 .

A Neotropical species whose adults are usually found on Pilosa : Myrmecophagidae , but they have also been collected from Carnivora : Canidae , Cingulata : Chlamyphoridae , and Passeriformes : Turdidae ; larvae and nymphs are frequently collected from Passeriformes (several families). Nymphs alone have been collected from Aves (several orders), while larvae alone have been found on Strigiformes : Strigidae (Guglielmone et al. 2014, Luz et al. 2016, Nava et al. 2017, Bermúdez et al. 2018, Lima et al. 2018). There are no records of Amblyomma nodosum causing human parasitism.

M: Neumann (1899)

F: Neumann (1899)

N: Martins et al. (2010)

L: Amorim and Serra Freire (1994b)

Redescriptions

M: Robinson (1926), Vogelsang and Santos Dias (1953a), Aragão and Fonseca (1961a), Onofrio et al. (2006b), Voltzit (2007), Guzmán-Cornejo et al. (2011), Nava et al. (2017), Bermúdez et al. (2018), Dantas-Torres et al. (2019b)

F: Robinson (1926), Aragão and Fonseca (1961a), Onofrio et al. (2006b), Voltzit (2007), Nava et al. (2017), Bermúdez et al. (2018), Dantas-Torres et al. (2019b)

N: Martins et al. (2014), Nava et al. (2017)

L: none

Note: see Amblyomma calcaratum for its confusion with Amblyomma nodosum .