Amblyomma breviscutatum Neumann, 1899

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18. Amblyomma breviscutatum Neumann, 1899 .

An Australasian and Oriental species whose adults have been found on Artiodactyla : Bovidae , Cervidae and Suidae , and Perissodactyla : Equidae , with rare records from Trogoniformes : Trogonidae , and Testudines : Emydidae . Nymphs and larvae have been collected from Rodentia : Muridae ; nymphs alone have been recovered from Coraciiformes : Alcedinidae , and Galliformes : Phasianidae ; larvae alone have been found on Diprotodontia : Phalangeridae , and Columbiformes : Columbidae . Amblyomma breviscutatum is a sporadic parasite of humans.

M: Neumann (1899) , under the name Amblyomma cyprium , a synonym of Amblyomma breviscutatum , and given its current status in Santos Dias (1956a)

F: Neumann (1899)

N: Voltzit and Keirans (2002)

L: Voltzit and Keirans (2002)

Redescriptions

M: Robinson (1926), Krijgsman and Ponto (1932), Toumanoff (1944), Anastos (1950) and Kohls (1957a), all under the name Amblyomma cyprium, Sun et al. (2016)

F: Anastos (1950) and Kohls (1957a), both under the name Amblyomma cyprium, Sun et al. (2016)

N: none

L: none

Note: Amblyomma breviscutatum is not recognized as valid in Kolonin (2009). Anastos (1950) states that the female of Amblyomma breviscutatum (as Amblyomma cyprium ) in Toumanoff (1944) is probably Amblyomma malayanum , a synonym of Amblyomma geoemydae , and Kohls (1957a, c) states that the figures of the female of Amblyomma breviscutatum in Toumanoff (1944) (as Amblyomma cyprium ) correspond to Amblyomma geoemydae . Anastos (1950) and Kohls (1957a, c) also reject the description of the female of Amblyomma breviscutatum (as Amblyomma cyprium ) in Robinson (1926). Teng and Jiang (1991) found Amblyomma testudinarium confused with Amblyomma breviscutatum (as Amblyomma cyprium ). Anastos (1950) asserts that the problems accompanying identification of the female of this species are a consequence of its inadequate definition in the original description by Neumann (1899) . See also Amblyomma babirussae for its confusion with Amblyomma breviscutatum .