Amblyomma tigrinum Koch, 1844

Benavides-Montaño, Javier Antonio, Betancourt-Echeverri, Jesus Antonio, Valencia, Gustavo López & Mesa-Cobo, Nora Cristina, 2022, A review of hard ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) in Colombia: The risk of tick-borne diseases, Persian Journal of Acarology 11 (3), pp. 397-437 : 410

publication ID

2251-8169

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Amblyomma tigrinum Koch, 1844
status

 

Amblyomma tigrinum Koch, 1844 View in CoL ( Fig. 6)

It has been identified in countries such as Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela, parasitizing carnivorous in its adult stage ( Onofrio et al. 2006; Lopez 2017). Typically, larvae and nymphs are found on birds ( Onofrio et al. 2006). Nava et al. (2006) discovered that the most important natural hosts for larvae of A. tigrinum are small rodents ( Cricetidae : Sigmodontinae ) and ground feeding birds, whereas the principal host for nymphs is the rodent Galea musteloides ( Caviidae : Caviinae) ( Nava et al. 2006, 2009). This tick has been reported as a vector of R. parkeri , an emerging tick-borne disease ( Lado et al. 2014). In Colombia its presence has been described on Agouti paca , cattle, and birds such as Zanate Caribeño, which is also known as Tordo Negro or Tordo Llanero ( Quiscalus lugubris ) (Lopez 2017).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Ixodida

Family

Ixodidae

Genus

Amblyomma

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