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Reestablishment of Amblyomma tenellum Koch, 1844 (Acari: Ixodidae)

Herein, Amblyomma tenellumKoch, 1844 (Ixodidae) is reestablished as a valid tick name and removed from the synonymy list of Amblyomma cajennense (Fabricius, 1787), while Amblyomma imitatorKohls, 1958, is relegated to a junior synonym of A. tenellum. Amblyomma tenellum is redescribed based on the exa...

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Main Authors: Nava, Santiago, Beati, Lorenza, Dunlop, Jason, Guglielmone, Alberto
Format: info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo
Language:Inglés
Published: 2018
Subjects:
Amblyomma
Identificación
Taxonomía
Morfología
Identification
Taxonomy
Morphology
Amblyomma tenellum
Garrapatas
Online Access:https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877959X14000910
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/3037
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2014.04.012
Summary:Herein, Amblyomma tenellumKoch, 1844 (Ixodidae) is reestablished as a valid tick name and removed from the synonymy list of Amblyomma cajennense (Fabricius, 1787), while Amblyomma imitatorKohls, 1958, is relegated to a junior synonym of A. tenellum. Amblyomma tenellum is redescribed based on the examination of male type specimens collected by Deppe at the beginning of the 19th century in Mexico and described by Koch in 1844.

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