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 USA (Техаs, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, and South Carolina), Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Nicaragua, Honduras, Costa Rica, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.

 Adults parasitize various species of livestock, dogs, deer, coyotes, foxes, and others. In Florida, this species is a mass parasite of the introduced boar Sus scrofa. This species was also collected from humans. Immature ticks mainly feed on birds, but occasionally feed on small mammals as well. Birds spread ticks into other states of USA, where small, temporary populations are formed. Life cycle takes one year. In Texas, adults are most active at the end of summer and at the beginning of autumn.

 Literature: Norment (1983), Snoddy and Cooney (1984), Wilson (1986), Walker and Olwage (1987), Guglielmone et al. (2003a), Estrada-Peña et al. (2005), Voltzit (2007).

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 Zambia, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Botswana, Mozambique, Lesotho, Swaziland, and the Republic of South Africa.

 Adults feed on various species of tortoises, and ticks were occasionally collected on snakes, monitors, lizards, livestock, and humans. Immature ticks have a wide range of hosts, including tortoises, birds (guinea-fowl and francolins), hares, carnivores (jackal, caracal, lion, leopard, and cheetah), as well as wild and domestic ungulates. In the Republic of South Africa, larvae are most active from March to May, and nymphs are most active from October to November.

 Literature: Walker and Olwage (1987), Walker (1991), Volzit and Keirans (2004), Burridge (2001), Horak et al. (2006).

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 Australia (Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, and North Territory).

 Adults parasitize various reptiles, such as lizards and monitors, but prefer snakes. Immature ticks were collected from lizards.

 Literature: Roberts (1970).

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 Australia (Queensland).

 Species is known from four females, two of which were collected on the echidna Tachyglossus aculeatus.

 Literature: Roberts (1970).

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 Colombia, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

 Little known species. A few imagines were collected on tapirs.

 Literature: Guglielmone et al. (2003a), Voltzit (2007).

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 Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, French Guiana, Guyana, Surinam, Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, and Ecuador (?).

 Principal hosts of imago are peccaries, but ticks were also found on other mammals and humans. A few nymphs were collected from peccaries and humans.

 Literature: Kolonin (1994), Need et al. (1991), Guglielmone et al. (2003a), Labruna et al. (2005), Voltzit (2007).

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 Argentina (Jujuy, Tucuman, Salta, Catamarca, La Rioja, Santiago del Estero, and Cordoba), Uruguay, and Colombia.

 Adults and nymphs mainly parasitize cattle, but can occasionally infest other domestic animals. Ticks were also found on brocket deer, peccaries, and foxes. Ticks, particularly nymphs, are rarely found on humans. Larvae were found only on cattle. Immature ticks were not found on rodents or birds. Imagines and nymphs are active from autumn to spring, peaking during winter. Larvae were collected more frequently in autumn. In summer, animals are practically free from ticks. Life cycle takes three years.

 Literature: Guglielmone et al. (1990), Estrada-Peña et al. (1993), Guglielmone et al. (2003a), Estrada-Peña et al. (2005), Nava et al. (2006), Voltzit (2007).

 Amblyomma laticaudae Warburton, 1933

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 Islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans, including Andaman, Singapore, Ryukyu, Yapen, Solomon, New Caledonia, and Louisiade (unpublished data).

 Specific parasite of sea snakes of the genus Laticauda, such as L. laticaudata, L. colubrina, and L. semifasciatus. All stages are known. It is a rare species.

 Note: On the basis of male hypostome formula of A. laticaudae (3/3) and A. nitidum (4/4), Keirans considers these species as separate (Petney and Keirans, 1995). In our collection, there is one female collected from a sea snake on Louisiade Archipelago, hypostome formula of which in lower part is 3/3 and in upper part is 3/4.

 Literature: Petney and Keirans (1995), Volzit and Keirans (2002).

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 Mexico (southern), Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Bolivia, Peru, Brazil (Rondonia, Mato Grosso, Goias, Minais Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, and Parana), Argentina, and Trinidad Island.

 Adults almost exclusively parasitize the anteaters Myrmecophaga tridactyla and Tamandua tetradactyla. Hosts of immature ticks are unknown.

 Literature: Guglielmone et al. (2003a), Labruna et al. (2005), Voltzit (2007).

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 Tropical Africa from Senegal to Ethiopia, Kenya, and the Republic of South Africa. Ticks are present in all but the most arid regions, including Somalia, Namibia, and Botswana.

 Adults mainly parasitize tortoises, but ticks are also found on monitors, snakes, hedgehogs, and birds. Nymphs (more rare larvae) were found on various reptiles, birds, and mammals, including humans.

 Literature: Burridge (2001), Voltzit and Keirans (2004).

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 Mexico (Sinaloa, Oaxaca, Tabasco, and Chiapas), Belize, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, French Guiana, Surinam, Bolivia, Peru, and Brazil.

 Inhabitant of rainforests.

 Adults parasitize various wild mammals, from tapir and deer to agouti and paca. In Panama, ticks are commonly found on livestock and dogs. In contrast to A. cajennense, evidently these ticks prefer virgin biotopes throughout their range. It is a common and in some countries (Belize and Panama) an abundant species. Adults and nymphs attach to humans.

 Literature: Kolonin (1994), Guglielmone et al. (2003a), Labruna et al. (2005), Voltzit (2007).

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 America from Mexico (Veracruz, Tabasco, and Chiapas) to Brazil, Argentina (Salta, Chaco, Formosa, Misiones, and Entre Rios), and Trinidad Island.

 Inhabitant of dense rainforests.

 Adults mainly parasitize carnivores, preferring cats, tapirs, and peccaries. Ticks are often found on dogs and occasionally on humans. Nymphs feed on rodents, opossums, and carnivores. Larvae were found on an opossum and a dog.

 Literature: Kolonin (1994), Need et al. (1991), Guglielmone et al. (2003), Zerpa et al. (2003), Guglielmone et al. (2003a), Labruna et al. (2005), Voltzit (2007).

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 Mexico, Belize, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, French Guiana, Surinam, Peru, Paraguay, and Brazil (Rondonia, Mato Grosso, Minais Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, and Sao Paulo).

 Principal host of imago is the paca Cuniculus paca, Rodentia. This species was occasionally collected on an agouti, an anteater, a tapir, an armadillo, a dog, and a human. A few nymphs were collected on a paca, an opossum, and a rat. Rare species.

 Literature: Kolonin (1994), Guglielmone et al. (2003a), Labruna et al. (2005), Guzman-Cornejo et al. (2006a), Voltzit (2007).

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 New Guinea and Australia (Queensland).

 Principal hosts of imago are cassowaries Casuarius. Ticks were found on crowned pigeons Goura, echidna, and deer.

 Literature: Roberts (1970), Hoogstraal (1982).

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 Peru, Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina (Jujuy, Neuquen, Rio Negro, Chubut, and Santa Cruz).

 Species inhabit the table of the Andes and cold pampas of Patagonia.

 Principal hosts of imago are the llamas Lama guanicoe and L. vicugna. Ticks infest cattle, horses, sheep, and rhea. Immature ticks feed on lizards and possibly on birds.

 Literature: Need et al. (1991), Guglielmone et al. (2003a), Gonzalez-Acuña et al. (2004), Gonzalez-Acuña and Guglielmone (2005), Estrada-Peña et al. (2005), Voltzit (2007).

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 Mexico (Chiapas and Guerrero), Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama, Venezuela, French Guiana, Bolivia, Brazil (Mato Grosso, Goias, Minais Gerais, Bahia, Piaui, and Pernambuco), Paraguay, and Argentina (Formosa, Chaco, Salta, Catamarca, Santiago del Estero, and Cordoba).

 Inhabitant of semiarid landscapes such as savannas and dry forests.