Ixodidae (Acari: Ixodoidea): descriptions and redescriptions of all known species from 1758 to December 31, 2019 Author Guglielmone, Alberto A. 0000-0001-5430-2889 guglielmone.alberto@inta.gob.ar Author Petney, Trevor N. 0000-0002-9135-4546 trevor.petney@smnk.de Author Robbins, Richard G. 0000-0001-5430-2889 guglielmone.alberto@inta.gob.ar text Zootaxa 2020 2020-11-05 4871 1 1 322 journal article 7890 10.11646/zootaxa.4871.1.1 344f8a86-21a1-428e-ae4f-01ea6082254a 1175-5326 4423340 C21A719F-9A6B-4227-8386-1AFA22620614
113. Amblyomma scutatum Neumann, 1899 .
A Neotropical species with a few records from the Nearctic Region ( Guzmán-Cornejo et al., 2011 ). All parasitic stages are found on Squamata : Iguanidae , and members of this family are the only bona fide hosts of Amblyomma scutatum listed in Guglielmone et al. (2015) . This host profile is significantly different from that presented in Guglielmone et al. (2014) after Nava et al. (2017) treated as doubtful records of this species from Paraguay and Brazil , and after Guglielmone et al. (2015) dismissed all Venezuelan records, thereby limiting the range of this tick to Mexico and Central America. There are no records of Amblyomma scutatum causing human parasitism.
M: Neumann (1899)
F: Neumann (1899)
N: Hoffmann (1946) , under the name Amblyomma boneti , a synonym of Amblyomma scutatum
L: Hoffmann (1946) , under the name Amblyomma boneti
Redescriptions
M: Hoffmann (1946) , under the name Amblyomma boneti, Robinson (1926) , Voltzit (2007) , Guzmán-Cornejo et al. (2011) ; see note below
F: Hoffmann (1946) , under the name Amblyomma boneti, Robinson (1926) , Whittick (1939) , Voltzit (2007) , Guzmán-Cornejo et al. (2011) ; see note below
N: none
L: none
Note: differences can be found among the descriptions of adults of Amblyomma scutatum . Thus, Voltzit (2007) states that the scutum of the female is inornate, but other authors describe the female scutum as ornate.Additionally, Robinson (1926) found that coxa II of the male has two spurs, but others have described just a single spur. Hoffman (1946, under the name Amblyomma boneti ) provides a description of the hypostomal dentition that is not entirely in agreement with the descriptions given by other workers. It would seem that Amblyomma scutatum is in need of review.