Amblyomma sculptum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ixodoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Subclassis: Acari Superordo: Parasitiformes Ordo: Ixodida Superfamilia: Ixodoidea

Familia: Ixodidae
Genus: Amblyomma
Species: Amblyomma sculptum

Name

Amblyomma sculptum Berlese, 1888: 192

• Holotype: Lost
  • Type locality: Brazil
• Neotype: ♂, collected on Bubalus bubalis (RML 122966)
  • Type locality: Brazil, Mato Grosso do Sul, Corumbá, Alegría Farm (19°08'S 56°46'W)

References

Primary references

• Berlese, A. 1888. Acari Austro-Americani quos collegit Aloysius Balzan. Manipulus primus. Species novas circiter quinquaginta complectens. Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 20: 171–222, pl. V–XIII. BHL Reference page.  [p. 192]

Additional references

• Nava, S, Beati, L, Labruna, M.B., Cáceres, A.G., Mangold, A.J. & Guglielmone, A.A. 2014. Reassessment of the taxonomic status of Amblyomma cajennense (Fabricius, 1787) with the description of three new species, Amblyomma tonelliae n. sp., Amblyomma interandinum n. sp. and Amblyomma patinoi n. sp., and reinstatement of Amblyomma mixtum Koch, 1844, and Amblyomma sculptum Berlese, 1888 (Ixodida: Ixodidae). Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases 5(3): 252–276. DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2013.11.004 Reference page. 

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