Amblyomma tholloni 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 : 123-124

123. Amblyomma tholloni Neumann, 1899 .

An Afrotropical species whose adults are usually found on Proboscidea : Elephantidae , but all parasitic stages have been recovered from elephantids and from Artiodactyla : Bovidae and Hippopotamidae , Carnivora : Felidae , and Passeriformes : Pittidae ; adult ticks and undetermined immature stages have been collected from Artiodactyla : Suidae , and Testudines : Testudinidae (provisional); adults alone have been taken from Carnivora : Canidae and Herpestidae , Perissodactyla : Equidae and Rhinocerotidae , and Squamata (unknown family), while nymphs alone have been found on Squamata : Chamaeleonidae , Accipitriformes : Accipi-tridae, and Musophagiformes : Musophagidae . Amblyomma tholloni is a sporadic parasite of humans.

M: Neumann (1899)

F: Neumann (1899)

N: Santos Dias (1948b)

L: Santos Dias (1948b)

Redescriptions

M: Robinson (1926), Santos Dias (1947), Hoogstraal (1956a), Elbl and Anastos (1966a), Matthysse and Colbo (1987), Voltzit and Keirans (2003), Horak et al. (2018)

F: Robinson (1926), Santos Dias (1947), Hoogstraal (1956a), Elbl and Anastos (1966a), Matthysse and Colbo (1987), Voltzit and Keirans (2003), Horak et al. (2018)

N: Borght-Elbl (1977), Voltzit and Keirans (2003)

L: Borght-Elbl (1977), Voltzit and Keirans (2003)