Amblyomma romitii Tonelli Rondelli, 1939

Guglielmone, Alberto A., Petney, Trevor N. & Robbins, Richard G., 2020, Ixodidae (Acari: Ixodoidea): descriptions and redescriptions of all known species from 1758 to December 31, 2019, Zootaxa 4871 (1), pp. 1-322 : 117-118

108. Amblyomma romitii Tonelli Rondelli, 1939 .

A Neotropical species whose adults and nymphs have been found on Rodentia : Caviidae ; adult ticks alone have been recovered from Didelphimorphia : Didelphidae . Amblyomma romitii is a rare parasite of humans.

M: Tonelli Rondelli (1939)

F: Tonelli Rondelli (1939)

N: Tonelli Rondelli (1939)

L: Barros-Battesti et al. (2012)

Redescriptions

M: Floch and Abonnenc (1940), under the name Amblyomma tasquei , a synonym of Amblyomma romitii, Floch and Fauran (1958) , Onofrio et al. (2006b), Barros-Battesti et al. (2007a), Dantas-Torres et al. (2019b)

F: Floch and Abonnenc (1940), under the name Amblyomma tasquei, Floch and Fauran (1958) , Onofrio et al. (2006b), Barros-Battesti et al. (2007a), Dantas-Torres et al. (2019b)

N: Martins et al. (2010)

L: none

Note: Amblyomma romitii had been considered a synonym of Amblyomma extraoculatum but it was definitively reinstated as a valid species by Barros-Battesti et al. (2007a). See also Amblyomma extraoculatum .