''Amblyomma'' is a

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s. Some are disease

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s, for example the

Rocky Mountain spotted fever Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) is a bacterial disease spread by ticks. It typically begins with a fever and headache, which is followed a few days later with the development of a rash. The rash is generally made up of small spots of bleedin ...

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ehrlichiosis Ehrlichiosis is a Tick-borne disease, tick-borne bacterial infection, caused by bacteria of the family Anaplasmataceae, genera ''Ehrlichia'' and ''Anaplasma''. These Obligate intracellular parasite, obligate intracellular bacteria infect and kill ...

in the United States. This genus is the third largest in the family Ixodidae, with its species primarily occupying the torrid zones of all the continents. The centre of species diversity is on the American continent, where half of all the species occur. On this continent, ''Amblyomma'' species reach far beyond the torrid zone, up to the 40th parallel in the

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, to the 50th parallel in the Southern Hemisphere, and even reaches the

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of the

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. They also occur in Eurasia, Africa and Australia.
G. V. Kolonin, Fauna of Ixodid Ticks of the World (Acari, Ixodidae), Moscow 2009

Species

* '' Amblyomma albolimbatum'' Neumann, 1907 * '' Amblyomma albopictum'' Neumann 1899 * ''

Amblyomma americanum ''Amblyomma americanum'', also known as the lone star tick, the northeastern water tick, or the turkey tick, or the "Cricker Tick", is a type of tick indigenous to much of the eastern United States and Mexico, that bites painlessly and commonly ...

Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the ...

1758 Events January–March * January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of Systema Naturae, 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the sta ...

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lone star tick ''Amblyomma americanum'', also known as the lone star tick, the northeastern water tick, or the turkey tick, or the "Cricker Tick", is a type of tick indigenous to much of the eastern United States and Mexico, that bites painlessly and commonly ...

*'' Amblyomma anicornuta'' Apanaskevich & Apanaskevich, 2018 * '' Amblyomma antillorum'' Kohls 1969 * ''

Amblyomma arcanum ''Amblyomma'' is a genus of hard ticks. Some are disease vectors, for example the Rocky Mountain spotted fever in Brazil or ehrlichiosis in the United States. This genus is the third largest in the family Ixodidae, with its species primaril ...

'' Karsch, 1879 * ''

Amblyomma argentinae ''Amblyomma'' is a genus of hard ticks. Some are disease vectors, for example the Rocky Mountain spotted fever in Brazil or ehrlichiosis in the United States. This genus is the third largest in the family Ixodidae, with its species primaril ...

'' Neumann, 1905 * ''

Amblyomma arianae ''Amblyomma'' is a genus of hard ticks. Some are disease vectors, for example the Rocky Mountain spotted fever in Brazil or ehrlichiosis in the United States. This genus is the third largest in the family Ixodidae, with its species primarily o ...

'' Keirans & Garris, 1986 * ''

Amblyomma astrion ''Amblyomma'' is a genus of hard ticks. Some are disease vectors, for example the Rocky Mountain spotted fever in Brazil or ehrlichiosis in the United States. This genus is the third largest in the family Ixodidae, with its species primarily o ...

'' Dönitz, 1909 * ''

Amblyomma aureolatum ''Amblyomma'' is a genus of hard ticks. Some are disease vectors, for example the Rocky Mountain spotted fever in Brazil or ehrlichiosis in the United States. This genus is the third largest in the family Ixodidae, with its species primarily o ...

'' Pallas, 1772 * ''

Amblyomma auricularium ''Amblyomma'' is a genus of hard ticks. Some are disease vectors, for example the Rocky Mountain spotted fever in Brazil or ehrlichiosis in the United States. This genus is the third largest in the family Ixodidae, with its species primaril ...

'' Conil, 1878 * ''

Amblyomma australiense ''Amblyomma'' is a genus of hard ticks. Some are disease vectors, for example the Rocky Mountain spotted fever in Brazil or ehrlichiosis in the United States. This genus is the third largest in the family Ixodidae, with its species primarily o ...

'' Neumann, 1905 * ''

Amblyomma babirussae ''Amblyomma'' is a genus of hard ticks. Some are disease vectors, for example the Rocky Mountain spotted fever in Brazil or ehrlichiosis in the United States. This genus is the third largest in the family Ixodidae, with its species primarily o ...

'' Schulze, 1933 * ''

Amblyomma beaurepairei ''Amblyomma'' is a genus of hard ticks. Some are disease vectors, for example the Rocky Mountain spotted fever in Brazil or ehrlichiosis in the United States. This genus is the third largest in the family Ixodidae, with its species primarily o ...

'' Vogelsang & Santos Dias 1953 * ''

Amblyomma boeroi ''Amblyomma'' is a genus of hard ticks. Some are disease vectors, for example the Rocky Mountain spotted fever in Brazil or ehrlichiosis in the United States. This genus is the third largest in the family Ixodidae, with its species primaril ...

'' Nava, Mangold, Mastropaolo, Venzal, Oscherov and Guglielmone, 2009S. Nava, A. J. Mangold, M. Mastropaolo, J. M. Venzal, E. B. Oscherov, & A. A. Guglielmone. 2009. ''Amblyomma boeroi'' n. sp. (Acari: Ixodidae), a parasite of the Chacoan peccary ''Catagonus wagneri'' (Rusconi) (Artiodactyla: Tayassuidae) in Argentina. ''Systematic Parasitology'' 73(3):161-74. * '' Amblyomma boulengeri'' Hirst & Hirst, 1910 * '' Amblyomma brasiliense'' Aragão, 1908 * '' Amblyomma breviscutatum'' Neumann, 1899 * '' Amblyomma cajennense'' Fabricius, 1787 * '' Amblyomma calabyi'' Roberts, 1963 * '' Amblyomma calcaratum'' Neumann, 1899 * '' Amblyomma chabaudi'' Rageau, 1964 * '' Amblyomma clypeolatum'' Neumann, 1899 * ''

Amblyomma coelebs ''Amblyomma'' is a genus of hard ticks. Some are disease vectors, for example the Rocky Mountain spotted fever in Brazil or ehrlichiosis in the United States. This genus is the third largest in the family Ixodidae, with its species primarily o ...

'' Neumann, 1899 * '' Amblyomma cohaerens'' Dönitz, 1909 * '' Amblyomma compressum'' Macalister, 1872 * '' Amblyomma cordiferum'' Neumann, 1899 * '' Amblyomma crassipes'' Neumann, 1901 * '' Amblyomma crassum'' Robinson, 1926 * '' Amblyomma crenatum'' Neumann 1899 * '' Amblyomma cruciferum'' Neumann, 1901 * '' Amblyomma darwini'' Hirst & Hirst, 1910 * '' Amblyomma dissimile'' Koch 1844 * ''

Amblyomma dubitatum ''Amblyomma'' is a genus of hard ticks. Some are disease vectors, for example the Rocky Mountain spotted fever in Brazil or ehrlichiosis in the United States. This genus is the third largest in the family Ixodidae, with its species primarily o ...

'' Neumann 1899 * '' Amblyomma eburneum'' Gerstäcker, 1873 * '' Amblyomma echidnae'' Roberts 1953 * '' Amblyomma elaphense'' Price, 1959 * '' Amblyomma exornatum'' Koch, 1844 * '' Amblyomma extraoculatum'' Neumann 1899 * '' Amblyomma falsomarmoreum'' Tonelli-Rondelli, 1935 * '' Amblyomma fimbriatum'' Koch, 1844 * '' Amblyomma flavomaculatum'' Lucas, 1846 * '' Amblyomma fulvum'' Neumann, 1899 * '' Amblyomma fuscolineatum'' Lucas, 1847 * '' Amblyomma fuscum'' Neumann, 1907 * '' Amblyomma geayi'' Neumann, 1899 * '' Amblyomma gemma'' Dönitz, 1909 * '' Amblyomma geochelone'' Durden, Keirans & Smith, 2002 * '' Amblyomma geoemydae'' Cantor, 1847 * '' Amblyomma gervaisi'' Lucas, 1847 * '' Amblyomma glauerti'' Keirans, King & Sharrad, 1994 * '' Amblyomma goeldii'' Neumann 1899 * '' Amblyomma hainanense'' Teng, 1981 * '' Amblyomma hebraeum'' Koch, 1844 * ''

Amblyomma helvolum ''Amblyomma'' is a genus of hard ticks. Some are disease vectors, for example the Rocky Mountain spotted fever in Brazil or ehrlichiosis in the United States. This genus is the third largest in the family Ixodidae, with its species primarily o ...

'' Koch, 1844 * '' Amblyomma hirtum'' Neumann, 1906 * '' Amblyomma humerale'' Koch, 1844 * '' Amblyomma imitator'' Kohls, 1958 * '' Amblyomma incisum'' Neumann, 1906 * '' Amblyomma inopinatum'' Santos Dias, 1989 * '' Amblyomma inornatum'' Banks, 1909 * '' Amblyomma integrum'' Karsch, 1879 *'' Amblyomma interandinum'' Nava et al., 2014Santiago Nava, Lorenza Beati, Marcelo B. Labruna, Abraham G. Cáceres, Atilio J. Mangold, and Alberto A. Guglielmone. 2014. Reassessment of the taxonomic status of ''Amblyomma cajennense'' (Fabricius, 1787) with the description of three new species, ''Amblyomma tonelliae'' n. sp., ''Amblyomma interandinum'' n. sp. and ''Amblyomma patinoi'' n. sp., and reinstatement of ''Amblyomma mixtum'' Koch, 1844, and ''Amblyomma sculptum'' Berlese, 1888 (Ixodida: Ixodidae). ''Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases'', Volume 5, Issue 3, April 2014, pp. 252-276; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2013.11.004, as accessed 22 Sep 2020. * ''

Amblyomma javanense ''Amblyomma javanense'' is a hard-bodied tick of the genus ''Amblyomma''. It is found in Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, India, Sri Lanka, Philippines and Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom ...

'' Supino, 1897 * '' Amblyomma komodoense'' Oudemans, 1928 * '' Amblyomma kraneveldi'' Anastos, 1956 * '' Amblyomma laticaudae'' Warburton 1933 * '' Amblyomma latum'' Koch, 1844 * '' Amblyomma lepidum'' Dönitz, 1909 * '' Amblyomma limbatum'' Neumann, 1899 * ''

Amblyomma loculosum ''Amblyomma'' is a genus of hard ticks. Some are disease vectors, for example the Rocky Mountain spotted fever in Brazil or ehrlichiosis in the United States. This genus is the third largest in the family Ixodidae, with its species primarily o ...

'' Neumann, 1907 * '' Amblyomma longirostre'' Koch, 1844 * '' Amblyomma macfarlandi'' Keirans, Hoogstraal & Clifford, 1973 * '' Amblyomma macropi'' Roberts, 1953 * '' Amblyomma maculatum'' Koch, 1844 * '' Amblyomma marmoreum'' Koch, 1844 * ''

Amblyomma mixtum ''Amblyomma'' is a genus of hard ticks. Some are disease vectors, for example the Rocky Mountain spotted fever in Brazil or ehrlichiosis in the United States. This genus is the third largest in the family Ixodidae, with its species primarily o ...

'' Koch, 1844Santiago Nava, Lorenza Beati, Marcelo B. Labruna, Abraham G. Cáceres, Atilio J. Mangold, and Alberto A. Guglielmone. 2014. Reassessment of the taxonomic status of ''Amblyomma cajennense'' (Fabricius, 1787) with the description of three new species, ''Amblyomma tonelliae'' n. sp., ''Amblyomma interandinum'' n. sp. and ''Amblyomma patinoi'' n. sp., and reinstatement of ''Amblyomma mixtum'' Koch, 1844, and ''Amblyomma sculptum'' Berlese, 1888 (Ixodida: Ixodidae). ''Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases'', Volume 5, Issue 3, April 2014, pp. 252-276; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2013.11.004, as accessed 22 Sep 2020. * '' Amblyomma moreliae'' Koch, 1867 * '' Amblyomma moyi'' Roberts, 1953 * '' Amblyomma multipunctum'' Neumann, 1899 * '' Amblyomma naponense'' Packard, 1869 * '' Amblyomma near testudinis'' Lane & Poinar, 1986 * '' Amblyomma neumanni'' Ribaga 1902 * '' Amblyomma nitidum'' Hirst & Hirst, 1910 * '' Amblyomma nodosum'' Neumann, 1899 * '' Amblyomma nuttalli'' Dönitz, 1909 * '' Amblyomma oblongoguttatum'' Koch, 1844 * '' Amblyomma orlovi'' Kolonin, 1992 * '' Amblyomma oudemansi'' Neumann, 1910 * ''

Amblyomma ovale ''Amblyomma'' is a genus of hard ticks. Some are disease vector (epidemiology), vectors, for example the Rocky Mountain spotted fever in Brazil or ehrlichiosis in the United States. This genus is the third largest in the family Ixodidae, with i ...

'' Koch, 1844 * ''

Amblyomma pacae ''Amblyomma'' is a genus of hard ticks. Some are disease vector (epidemiology), vectors, for example the Rocky Mountain spotted fever in Brazil or ehrlichiosis in the United States. This genus is the third largest in the family Ixodidae, with i ...

'' Aragão, 1911 * '' Amblyomma papuanum'' Hirst, 1914 * '' Amblyomma parkeri'' Fonseca & Aragao, 1952 * '' Amblyomma parvitarsum'' Neumann, 1901 * '' Amblyomma parvum'' Aragão, 1908 * '' Amblyomma patinoi'' Nava, et al., 2014Santiago Nava, Lorenza Beati, Marcelo B. Labruna, Abraham G. Cáceres, Atilio J. Mangold, and Alberto A. Guglielmone. 2014. Reassessment of the taxonomic status of ''Amblyomma cajennense'' (Fabricius, 1787) with the description of three new species, ''Amblyomma tonelliae'' n. sp., ''Amblyomma interandinum'' n. sp. and ''Amblyomma patinoi'' n. sp., and reinstatement of ''Amblyomma mixtum'' Koch, 1844, and ''Amblyomma sculptum'' Berlese, 1888 (Ixodida: Ixodidae). ''Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases'', Volume 5, Issue 3, April 2014, pp. 252-276; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2013.11.004, as accessed 22 Sep 2020. * '' Amblyomma pattoni'' Neumann, 1910 * '' Amblyomma paulopunctatum'' Neumann 1899 * '' Amblyomma pecarium'' Dunn, 1933 * '' Amblyomma personatum'' Neumann, 1901 * ''

Amblyomma pictum ''Amblyomma'' is a genus of hard ticks. Some are disease vector (epidemiology), vectors, for example the Rocky Mountain spotted fever in Brazil or ehrlichiosis in the United States. This genus is the third largest in the family Ixodidae, with i ...

'' Neumann, 1906 * '' Amblyomma pilosum'' Neumann, 1899 * '' Amblyomma pomposum'' Dönitz, 1909 * ''

Amblyomma postoculatum ''Amblyomma'' is a genus of hard ticks. Some are disease vectors, for example the Rocky Mountain spotted fever in Brazil or ehrlichiosis in the United States. This genus is the third largest in the family Ixodidae, with its species primarily o ...

'' Neumann, 1899 * '' Amblyomma pseudoconcolor'' Aragão, 1908 * '' Amblyomma pseudoparvum'' Guglielmone, Mangold & Keirans, 1990 * '' Amblyomma quadricavum'' Schulze, 1941 * '' Amblyomma rhinocerotis'' de Geer, 1778 * '' Amblyomma robinsoni'' Warburton 1927 * '' Amblyomma rotundatum'' Koch 1844 * '' Amblyomma sabanerae'' Stoll, 1890 * '' Amblyomma scalpturatum'' Neumann, 1906 * '' Amblyomma sculptum'' Berlese, 1888Santiago Nava, Lorenza Beati, Marcelo B. Labruna, Abraham G. Cáceres, Atilio J. Mangold, and Alberto A. Guglielmone. 2014. Reassessment of the taxonomic status of ''Amblyomma cajennense'' (Fabricius, 1787) with the description of three new species, ''Amblyomma tonelliae'' n. sp., ''Amblyomma interandinum'' n. sp. and ''Amblyomma patinoi'' n. sp., and reinstatement of ''Amblyomma mixtum'' Koch, 1844, and ''Amblyomma sculptum'' Berlese, 1888 (Ixodida: Ixodidae). ''Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases'', Volume 5, Issue 3, April 2014, pp. 252-276; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2013.11.004, as accessed 22 Sep 2020. * '' Amblyomma scutatum'' Neumann, 1899 * '' Amblyomma soembawense'' Anastos, 1956 * '' Amblyomma sparsum'' Neumann, 1899 * '' Amblyomma sphenodonti'' Dumbleton, 1943 * ''

Amblyomma splendidum ''Amblyomma'' is a genus of hard ticks. Some are disease vector (epidemiology), vectors, for example the Rocky Mountain spotted fever in Brazil or ehrlichiosis in the United States. This genus is the third largest in the family Ixodidae, with i ...

'' Giebel, 1877 * '' Amblyomma squamosum'' Kohls, 1953 * '' Amblyomma supinoi'' Neumann, 1905 * '' Amblyomma sylvaticum'' de Geer, 1778 * ''

Amblyomma tapirellum ''Amblyomma'' is a genus of hard ticks. Some are disease vectors, for example the Rocky Mountain spotted fever in Brazil or ehrlichiosis in the United States. This genus is the third largest in the family Ixodidae, with its species primarily o ...

'' Dunn, 1933 * '' Amblyomma testudinarium'' Koch, 1844 * '' Amblyomma tholloni'' Neumann, 1899 * '' Amblyomma tigrinum'' Koch 1844 * '' Amblyomma tonelliae'' Nava et al., 2014Santiago Nava, Lorenza Beati, Marcelo B. Labruna, Abraham G. Cáceres, Atilio J. Mangold, and Alberto A. Guglielmone. 2014. Reassessment of the taxonomic status of ''Amblyomma cajennense'' (Fabricius, 1787) with the description of three new species, ''Amblyomma tonelliae'' n. sp., ''Amblyomma interandinum'' n. sp. and ''Amblyomma patinoi'' n. sp., and reinstatement of ''Amblyomma mixtum'' Koch, 1844, and ''Amblyomma sculptum'' Berlese, 1888 (Ixodida: Ixodidae). ''Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases'', Volume 5, Issue 3, April 2014, pp. 252-276; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2013.11.004, as accessed 22 Sep 2020. * '' Amblyomma torrei'' Pérez Vigueras, 1934 * '' Amblyomma transversale'' Lucas, 1845 * '' Amblyomma triguttatum'' Koch 1844 * '' Amblyomma trimaculatum'' Lucas, 1878 * '' Amblyomma triste'' Koch 1844 * '' Amblyomma tuberculatum'' Marx, 1894 * '' Amblyomma usingeri'' Keirans, Hoogstraal & Clifford, 1973 * '' Amblyomma varanense'' Supino, 1897 * ''

Amblyomma variegatum ''Amblyomma variegatum'', commonly known as the tropical bont tick, is a species of tick of the genus ''Amblyomma'' endemic to Africa. It has spread from its centre of origin to several countries, including the Caribbean islands, where it is kno ...

'' Fabricius 1794 * ''

Amblyomma varium ''Amblyomma'' is a genus of hard ticks. Some are disease vectors, for example the Rocky Mountain spotted fever in Brazil or ehrlichiosis in the United States. This genus is the third largest in the family Ixodidae, with its species primarily o ...

'' Koch, 1844 * '' Amblyomma vikirri'' Keirans, Bull & Duffield, 1996 * ''

Amblyomma williamsi ''Amblyomma'' is a genus of hard ticks. Some are disease vectors, for example the Rocky Mountain spotted fever in Brazil or ehrlichiosis in the United States. This genus is the third largest in the family Ixodidae, with its species primarily o ...

'' Banks, 1924

Fossil species

* '' Amblyomma birmitum'' Chitimia-Dobler et al., 2017

Burmese amber Burmese amber, also known as Burmite or Kachin amber, is amber from the Hukawng Valley in northern Myanmar. The amber is dated to around 100 million years ago, during the latest Albian to earliest Cenomanian ages of the mid-Cretaceous period. The ...

, Myanmar,

Cenomanian The Cenomanian is, in the ICS' geological timescale, the oldest or earliest age of the Late Cretaceous Epoch or the lowest stage of the Upper Cretaceous Series. An age is a unit of geochronology; it is a unit of time; the stage is a unit in the s ...

References

External links

* http://www.fao.org/ag/aga/agah/pd/pages/ticksp2.htm
''Amblyomma variegatum''
on the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site {{Taxonbar, from=Q140551 Arachnids of South America Ixodidae Acari genera Taxa named by Carl Ludwig Koch