Amblyomma geochelone, Durden, Keirans & Smith, 2002

Robbins, Richard G., Nava, Santiago, Ronai, Isobel, Chong, Kaylin L. & Guglielmone, Alberto A., 2025, Type specimens of the world’s hard tick species (Acari: Ixodida: Ixodidae): collection data and depositories for all valid names and the current status of invalid names, Zootaxa 5606 (1), pp. 1-287 : 91

geochelone Durden, Keirans & Smith, 2002 , Amblyomma

Durden L.A., Keirans, J.E. & Smith, L.L. (2002) Amblyomma geochelone , a new species of tick (Acari: Ixodidae ) from the Madagascan ploughshare tortoise. Journal of Medical Entomology, 39, 398–403.

Type depositories: USNTC: holotype (male) and paratypes (males and females); BMNH: paratypes (males and females)

Type locality: Andrafiafaly , Ambatomainty-Andranolava Region, Mahajanga Province, Madagascar

Type host: Geochelone yniphora

Comments: it is probable that Amblyomma geochelone is a synonym of Amblyomma chabaudi ( Kushimo 2013, Guglielmone et al. 2020).