Amblyomma clypeolatum Neumann, 1899

Petney, Trevor N., Boulanger, Nathalie, Saijuntha, Weerachai, Chitimia-Dobler, Lidia, Pfeffer, Martin, Eamudomkarn, Chatanun, Andrews, Ross H., Ahamad, Mariana, Putthasorn, Noppadon, Muders, Senta V., Petney, David A. & Robbins, Richard G., 2019, Ticks (Argasidae, Ixodidae) and tick-borne diseases of continental Southeast Asia, Zootaxa 4558 (1), pp. 1-89 : 15

Amblyomma clypeolatum Neumann, 1899

This is an Oriental species, mainly from South Asia, found predominantly on tortoises in moist broadleaf forests ( Guglielmone et al. 2009). It has been recorded from west-central Myanmar on the Burmese star tortoise, Geochelone platynota , and the yellow tortoise, Indotestudo elongata ( Robbins and Platt 2000) .

The male and female are described in Voltzit and Keirans (2002).