Amblyomma castanedai

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 : 46-47

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5606.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:D0851EDA-FE18-4F87-9245-B108786B22F4
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/8263FE48-FFE8-423B-FF23-F877FC44FECD
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Amblyomma castanedai
status

Treatment

castanedai View in CoL Vargas & Hoffmann, 1952, Amblyomma

Vargas, L. & Hoffmann, A. (1952) Amblyomma castañedai [sic] n. sp. de México ( Ixodidae ). Prensa Médica Mexicana , 17, 128–130.

Type depositories: MCZ: holotype (male) ; ISET: paratypes (males) and ENCB: paratypes (males)

Type locality: Las Majadas , Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, Mexico

Type host: unidentified iguana

Current status: a synonym of Amblyomma scutatum , as listed in Camicas et al. (1998).

Comments. Vargas & Hoffmann (1952) listed the holotype as having been deposited in the ISET , but KLC, IR and RGR visited the MCZ in 2024 and the holotype is found in the MCZ .