Amblyomma parvum Aragão, 1908
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2251-8169 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E45B65-893C-E27B-E03F-FE3E2AB0FCB5 |
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Felipe |
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Amblyomma parvum Aragão, 1908 |
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Amblyomma parvum Aragão, 1908 View in CoL
It is a Neotropical tick distributed throughout Central America and part of South America, including Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, French Guiana, southern Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay and Venezuela ( Jones et al. 1972; Guglielmone et al. 2003; Onofrio et al. 2006; Nava et al. 2007). This species is found on a wide variety of domestic and wild mammals, and on humans ( Onofrio et al. 2006). In Colombia, although it has been reported in Los Llanos Orientales on Dadypus sabanicola or armadillo ( Wramc 1998; Lopez 2017), its role as a potential vector of Ehrlichia chaffeensis has not yet been confirmed ( Tomassone et al. 2008). Nonetheless, the most recent report of A. parvum in the Tayrona National Park suggests association with Rickettsia spp. ( Sierra et al. 2017).
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