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).

Amblyomma nodosum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Ixodida
Family: Ixodidae
Genus: Amblyomma
Species:
A. nodosum
Binomial name
Amblyomma nodosum
Neumann, 1899

References

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  1. ^ 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.