Systematic and Applied Acarology (2003) 8, 85-88

Daniel González Acuña, José M. Venzal, James E. Keirans and Alberto A. Guglielmone (2003)
The genus Amblyomma Koch, 1844 (Acari: Ixodidae) in Chile, with new records of A. argentinae Neumann, 1904 and A. tigrinum Koch, 1844
Systematic and Applied Acarology 8, 85-88
Abstract: Two species of Amblyomma Koch, 1844 occur in Chile: A. parvitarsum Neumann, 1901 and A. tigrinum Koch, 1844. Despite published reports of A. americanum (L., 1758), A. maculatum Koch, 1844 and A. varium var. albida Neumann, 1899 from Chile, these three taxa do not occur there. Amblyomma inflatum was described from Chile, but this species is a nomen dubium. There are Chilean records for the terrestrial tortoise tick A. argentinae Neumann, 1904, but this species is thought to be exotic because no natural populations of terrestrial tortoises exist in Chile. Herein we present new records of A. argentinae from the terrestrial tortoise Chelonoides chilensis (Gray, 1870), illegally introduced from Argentina, and of A. tigrinum Koch, 1844 from the fox Pseudalopex griseus (Gray, 1837) in Chile's Region V.
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Database assignments for author(s): Daniel Gonzalez-Acuna, Alberto Alejandro Guglielmone

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
surveys/sampling/distribution

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Amblyomma tigrinum		Chile (continental)