New Locality Record for the Reptile Tick Amblyomma helvolum Koch, 1844 (Acari: Ixodidae) on the Bicol Peninsula, Luzon Island, Philippines

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thnhmjournal vol16 no2

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Ace Kevin S. Amarga

Biodiversity Program, Taiwan International Graduate Program, Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Nan- gang District, Taipei 11529, Taiwan / School of Life Science, National Taiwan Normal University- Gongguan Campus, Wenshan District, Taipei 116

Geleena A. Gestiada

Asia Pacific College- Senior High School, Magallanes, Makati City, Metro Manila 1232, Philippines

Christian B. Cuevas

Philippine Center for Environmental Awareness and Sustainability, Inc., Vega Centre, Los Baños, Laguna 4031, Philip- pines.

Abstract

Amblyomma helvolum Koch, 1844 is an Oriental and Australasian hard tick primarily associated with reptiles, particularly order Squamata. It is widespread across Southeast Asia where it usually parasitic on skinks, monitor lizards, and snakes. Here, we present a new locality record for A. helvolum parasitizing Gray’s keeled skink (Tropidophorus grayi) in Bicol Peninsula, Luzon Island, Philippines. Also, this is the second published documentation of A. helvolum on the Bicol Peninsula after it was first reported in 1988.

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