Amblyomma nodosum
Appearance
Amblyomma nodosum | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Ixodida |
Family: | Ixodidae |
Genus: | Amblyomma |
Species: | A. nodosum
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Binomial name | |
Amblyomma nodosum Neumann, 1899
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Amblyomma nodosum is a species of specialized tick, found in three roadkilled giant anteaters from Minas Gerais, Brazil.[1] There are 100 species of Amblyomma worldwide, 33 of which are from Brazil. A. nodosum is a specialist that lives exclusively on the giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) and the Southern tamandua (Tamandua tetradactyla).
References
- ^ M. Ogrzewalska; R. C. Pacheco; A. Uezu; L. J. Richtzenhain; F. Ferreira; M. B. Labruna (2009). "Rickettsial infection in Amblyomma nodosum ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) from Brazil". Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology. 103 (5): 413–425. doi:10.1179/136485909X451744. PMID 19583912. S2CID 25718053.