Nyctereutes procyonoides viverrinus, Temminck, 1838

Robbins, Richard G., Nava, Santiago, Ronai, Isobel, Chong, Kaylin L. & Guglielmone, Alberto A., 2025, Type specimens of the world’s hard tick species (Acari: Ixodida: Ixodidae): collection data and depositories for all valid names and the current status of invalid names, Zootaxa 5606 (1), pp. 1-287 : 214

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5606.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:D0851EDA-FE18-4F87-9245-B108786B22F4
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scientific name	Nyctereutes procyonoides viverrinus
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Type host: Nyctereutes procyonoides viverrinus View in CoL tapirellum Dunn, 1933 , Amblyomma

Dunn, L.H. (1933) Two new species of ticks from Panama ( Amblyomma tapirellum and A. pecarium ). Parasitology, 25, 353–358.

Type depositories: USNTC: holotype (male) and a paratype (female); GML and MCZ: paratypes (males and females) ( Dunn 1933)

Type locality: Summit , Canal Zone, Panama

Type host: Tapirella bairdi

Comments: the morphological definition of Amblyomma tapirellum is imprecise ( Guglielmone et al. 2020, 2021). Redescriptions of the types may better define the morphology of this species.