title: Reestablishment of Amblyomma tenellum Koch, 1844 (Acari: Ixodidae).
abstract: Herein, Amblyomma tenellumKoch, 1844 (Ixodidae) is reestablished as a valid tick name and removed from the synonymy list of Amblyomma cajennense (Fabricius, 1787), while Amblyomma imitatorKohls, 1958, is relegated to a junior synonym of A. tenellum. Amblyomma tenellum is redescribed based on the examination of male type specimens collected by Deppe at the beginning of the 19th century in Mexico and described by Koch in 1844.
authors.affiliation: Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Rafaela and Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, CC 22, CP 2300 Rafaela, Santa Fe, Argentina.
authors.forename: Santiago
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nava
authors.affiliation: United States National Tick Collection, Institute for Coastal Plain Science, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA 30460, USA. Electronic address: lorenzabeati@georgiasouthern.edu.
authors.forename: Lorenza
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Beati
authors.affiliation: Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz Institute for Research on Evolution and Biodiversity at the Humboldt-University Berlin, Invalidenstrasse 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Jason
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dunlop
authors.affiliation: Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Rafaela and Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, CC 22, CP 2300 Rafaela, Santa Fe, Argentina.
authors.forename: Alberto A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Guglielmone
mesh_terms: D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D000818:Animals; D026863:Ixodidae / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification*; D008297:Male; D009626:Terminology as Topic
keywords: Amblyomma cajennense species group; Amblyomma imitator; Amblyomma tenellum; Morphology; Taxonomy