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Redescription of Amblyomma fuscum Neumann, 1907 (Acari: Ixodidae), a rare South America tick confirmed in Brazil

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The species Amblyomma fuscum Neumann, 1907 is a rare tick found on the Neotropical Region, but it has not been recorded as a valid taxon in some lists proposed by current taxonomists. After a comparison between the Brazilian material of A. fuscum deposited in the Acari Collection of the Butantan Institute, São Paulo, Brazil, and the male type deposited in Leiden Museum of Natural History, The Netherlands, we confirm the taxonomic validity of A. fuscum and redescribe the adult specimens based on light and scanning electron microscope studies.

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  1. Laboratório de Parasitologia, Instituto Butantan, Av. Vital Brasil 1500, 05503-900, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

    Darci M. Barros-Battesti & Valeria C. Onofrio

  2. Departamento de Parasitologia Animal, Instituto de Veterinária, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, 23890-000, Seropédica, RJ, Brazil

    Valeria C. Onofrio

  3. Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva e Saúde Animal, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Prof. Orlando M. de Paiva 87, 05508-900, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

    Marcelo B. Labruna

  4. Fundação Estadual de Pesquisa Agropecuária, Instituto de Pesquisas Veterinárias Desidério Finamor, Estrada do Conde 6000, 92990-000, Eldorado do Sul, RS, Brazil

    João R. Martins

  5. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Rafaela, CC 22, CP 2300, Rafaela, Santa Fe, Argentina

    Alberto A. Guglielmone

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Barros-Battesti, D.M., Onofrio, V.C., Labruna, M.B. et al. Redescription of Amblyomma fuscum Neumann, 1907 (Acari: Ixodidae), a rare South America tick confirmed in Brazil. Syst Parasitol 61, 85–92 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-004-6353-7

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