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Literature: Volzit and Keirans (2002).
24. Amblyomma cruciferum Neumann, 1901
 Map 18 Haiti and Mona Islands. Adults and nymphs were found on the iguanas Cyclura cornuta and C. stejnegeri. Literature: Guglielmone et al. (2003a), Voltzit (2007).
25. Amblyomma cyprium Neumann, 1899 ?Amblyomma breviscutatum Neumann, 1899
 Map 9 Australia (Queensland), Indonesia (Sulawesi, Flores, and Timor), Taiwan, Philippines (Mindanao and Sulu), New Guinea, and islands in the south-western part of the Pacific Ocean: New Ireland, New Hebrides, Marian, Caroline, Solomon, Bismarck, Santa Cruz, Fiji, and Samoa. It is also reported in Thailand, where ticks were collected from an atypical host, a tortoise (Tanskul et al., 1983). Principal hosts of imago are wild and domestic pigs as well as other species of livestock. Ticks frequently attach to humans. Immature ticks feed on small mammals and birds. Subspecies A. cyprium aeratipes Schulze, 1933 inhabits Mindanao Island, while nominative subspecies occur in the rest of the range. Note:Note: Santos-Dias (1958) studied the holotypes of Amblyomma cyprium and A. breviscutatum and found them to be conspecific. Neumann (1899) described A. breviscutatum on page 214 and A. cyprium on page 219. Literature: Keirans (1985), Teng and Jiang (1991), Petney and Keirans (1995), Volzit and Keirans (2002).
26. Amblyomma darwini Hirst and Hirst, 1910
 Map 12 Galapagos Islands. Principal host of all stages is the sea iguana Amblyrhynchus cristatus, but ticks were also found on land iguanas Tropidurus magnus. Larger ticks from Santa Cruz and Santa Maria Islands were described as subspecies A. darwini wollebaeki (Schulze, 1936). Literature: Gadsden and Guerra (1991), Guglielmone et al. (2003a).
27. Amblyomma dissimile Koch, 1844
 Map 11 America from USA (Florida) and Mexico (Jalisco, Guerrero, Veracruz, Oaxaca, Chiapas, Tabasco, and Yucatan) to Argentina (Santiago del Estero, Chaco, and Formosa); islands: Cuba, Haiti, Grenada, Trinidad, Tobago, Barbados, Antigua, Saint Lucia, Margarita, and other small islands in the Lesser Antilles. All stages parasitize various reptiles (snakes, lizards, and iguanas, but less often caimans and tortoises) and amphibians (toads). It is a three-host tick, an all stages are found on the same host. Larvae are collected on reptiles less frequently than other stages, but they are also found on mammals and birds. It is a common species, and in Panama 60% of snakes, 72% of toads and 84% of iguanas were infested by this species (Fairchild et al., 1966). Literature: Need et al. (1991), Guglielmone et al. (2003a), Voltzit (2007).
28. Amblyomma dubitatum Neumann, 1899 Amblyomma cooperi Nuttall and Warburton, 1907
 Map 50 Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Argentina (Formosa, Entre Rios, and Corrientes). All stages feed on the capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris), but there is also one collection from a tapir. Literature: Estrada-Peña et al. (2002), Guglielmone et al. (2003a), Voltzit (2007).
29. Amblyomma eburneum Gerstaecker, 1873
 Map 24 Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Zaire, and Mozambique. Adults mainly parasitize the buffalo Syncerus caffer, but ticks are also found on other large wild mammals and cattle. Hosts of immature ticks are unknown, only once were they collected on a buffalo. Literature: Volzit and Keirans (2004).
30. Amblyomma falsomarmoreum Tonelli-Rondelli, 1935
 Map 23 Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Tanzania. Principal hosts of imago are tortoises. There are accidental collections from a monitor, a leopard, and livestock. Hosts of immature ticks are unknown. Literature: Volzit and Keirans (2004).
31. Amblyomma fulvum Neumann, 1899 South America. Species was described from a single male collected on an anaconda Eunectes murinus. The exact locality of the collection is unknown. Literature: Keirans (1972), Guglielmone et al. (2003a).
32. Amblyomma fuscum Neumann, 1907
 Map 62 Brazil (Sao Paulo, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul, and Pernambuco). Adults were collected on a boa, a lizard, armadillos, and a fox. Immature ticks have not been described. Literature: Barros-Battesti et al. (2005), Voltzit (2007).
33. Amblyomma geayi Neumann, 1899
 Map 5 Panama, Colombia, Peru, Brazil (Para, Amazonas, Rondonia, and Parana), Guyana, French Guiana, and Surinam. Principal hosts of imago are the sloths Bradypus tridactylus and Choloepus hoffmanni, but a few collections were taken from the tree porcupine Coendou prehensilis. A few nymphs were collected on sloths and one on an opossum. Literature: Need et al. (1991), Guglielmone et al. (2003a), Barros-Battesti et al. (2006), Voltzit (2007).
34. Amblyomma gemma Donitz, 1909
Map 12 Ethiopia, Somalia, Djibouti, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, and Yemen. Principal hosts of adults are cattle. Amongst wild mammals, buffaloes, giraffes, and rhinoceroses are infested by ticks more often than others. Immature ticks feed on various mammals and birds. Literature: Walker and Olwage (1987), Voltzit and Keirans (2004).
35. Amblyomma geochelone Durden, Keirans and Smith, 2002
Map 18 Madagascar. Species was described from 6 males and 4 females collected from the tortoise Geochelone yniphora. Immature ticks have not been described. Endangered species. Literature: Durden et al. (2002).
36. Amblyomma geoemydae (Cantor, 1847)
Map 11 India (Kerala and Karnataka), Thailand, Cambodia (unpublished data), Malaysia, Vietnam, Indonesia (Sumatra and Kalimantan), Philippines, China (Hainan and Taiwan Islands), and Japan (Ryukyu Islands). Principal hosts of all stages are land tortoises, but this species was also collected on monitors twice. Nymphs were found on birds. Literature: Tanskul et al. (1983), Frazier and Keirans (1990), Teng and Jiang (1991), Kolonin (1995b), Volzit and Keirans (2002).
37. Amblyomma glauerti Keirans, King and Sharrad, 1994
 Map 61 Australia (West Australia and North Territory). All stages were found on the monitor Varanus glebopalma, but immature ticks were also collected on V. glauerti. Literature: Keirans et al. (1994).
38. Amblyomma goeldii Neumann, 1899 Amblyomma ininii Floch and Abonnenc, 1941
 Map 49 Known to be located in Guyana. Most adults were collected on the anteaters Tamandua tetradactyla and Myrmecophaga tridactyla, but were also once collected on a dog, and the snakes Boa constrictor and Lachesis mutus. Hosts of immature ticks are unknown. Note: Neumann described this species from 6 males and one female. Robinson (1926) reproduced this description. Only in 1958 was it ascertained that a female from the type series is in fact A. rotundatum (Floch and Fauran, 1958). In 1941 a female A. goeldii was described under the name Amblyomma ininii for the first time. Therefore, old reports about collections of this species from reptiles and amphibians in Brazil, Colombia, Surinam, and French Guiana require confirmation. Literature: Guglielmone et al. (2003a).
39. Amblyomma hebraeum Koch, 1844
Map 23 Zimbabwe, Mozambique (south), Botswana (east), Swaziland, and the Republic of South Africa. |