Amblyomma pacae Aragäo, 1911

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 : 407

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2251-8169

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Amblyomma pacae Aragäo, 1911
status

 

Amblyomma pacae Aragäo, 1911 View in CoL

It has been reported in Brazil, Belize, Guyana, Surinam, Colombia, Guiana, Panama, Paraguay,

Surinam and Venezuela ( Onofrio et al. 2006; Voltzit 2007; Lopez 2017). It has been found on different hosts, mainly rodents ( Agoutidae ) ( Onofrio et al. 2006). In Colombia, a female has been reported in guagua or lapa Agouti paca in Restrepo-Meta ( Osorno-Mesa 1942; Wramc 1998), but it possibly also infests other animals. No recent updates have been reported in Colombia.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Ixodida

Family

Ixodidae

Genus

Amblyomma

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