43. Amblyomma fuscolineatum (Lucas, 1847). Oriental: 1) India (Schulze 1936, Kaufman 1972). Santos Dias (1993b) treated Amblyomma varanense as a synonym of Amblyomma fuscolineatum, while Camicas et al. (1998) considered Amblyomma crassipes a synonym of Amblyomma fuscolineatum, and Kolonin (2009) regarded both Amblyomma crassipes and Amblyomma varanense as synonyms of Amblyomma fuscolineatum. However, Kaufman (1972) maintained that all three names represent valid species (all these authors classified these ticks under the former genus Aponomma). Burridge (2011) also treats Amblyomma crassipes, Amblyomma fuscolineatum and Amblyomma varanense as valid. When discussing Amblyomma fuscolineatum, Burridge (2011) cites only Kaufman (1972), but his geographic range is broader, while Kaufman (1972) listed Amblyomma fuscolineatum as a species that has only been found in India. Guglielmone et al. (2014) accepted Kaufman’s (1972) opinion concerning the three species named here and considered Amblyomma fuscolineatum tentatively valid, an opinion that has not changed. Thus, India is provisionally treated as the only country where this tick has to date been found. Kenny et al. (2004) listed specimens of Amblyomma fuscolineatum (under the genus Aponomma) as having been collected in “New Guinea,” but this record is treated as doubtful here.

Published as part of Guglielmone, Alberto A., Nava, Santiago & Robbins, Richard G., 2023, Geographic distribution of the hard ticks (Acari: Ixodida: Ixodidae) of the world by countries and territories, pp. 1-274 in Zootaxa 5251 (1) on page 47, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5251.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7704190