Barros-Battesti Darci M, Onofrio Valeria C, Labruna Marcelo B, Martins João R, Guglielmone Alberto A
Laboratório de Parasitologia, Instituto Butantan, Av. Vital Brasil 1500, 05503-900 São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Syst Parasitol. 2005 Jun;61(2):85-92. doi: 10.1007/s11230-004-6353-7.
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.
1907年命名的棕眼钝缘蜱(Amblyomma fuscum Neumann)是在新热带区发现的一种罕见蜱虫,但在当前分类学家提出的一些名录中,它并未被记录为一个有效的分类单元。在对巴西圣保罗布坦坦研究所螨类收藏中保存的巴西棕眼钝缘蜱标本与荷兰莱顿自然历史博物馆保存的雄性模式标本进行比较后,我们确认了棕眼钝缘蜱的分类有效性,并基于光学显微镜和扫描电子显微镜研究对成年标本进行了重新描述。