Biology:Amblyomma rhinocerotis

Short description: Species of tick

Amblyomma rhinocerotis
Amblyomma rhinocerotis. Museum specimen
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Ixodida
Family:	Ixodidae
Genus:	Amblyomma
Species:	A. rhinocerotis
Binomial name
Amblyomma rhinocerotis De Geer, 1778
Synonyms
List Amblyomma (xiphiastor) rhinocerotis Camicas et al., 1998 Amblyomma (anastosiella) rhinocerotis Santos Dias, 1993 Rhipicephalus walckenaeri Kratz, 1940 Hyalomma walckenaeri Bequaert, 1933 Dermacentor rhinocerotis Neumann, 1911 Amblyomma aureum Neumann, 1899 Amblyomma foai Neumann, 1899 Amblyomma walckenaeri Neumann, 1899 Dermacentor rhinocerotis Neumann, 1897 Dermacentor rhinozerotis Karsch, 1878 Amblyomma petersi Karsch, 1878 Ixodes walckenaeri Paul Gervais, 1844 Ixodes walckenaeri Paul Gervais, 1842 Ixodes rhinocerotis Fabricius, 1805 Cynorhaestes rhinocerotis Hermann, 1804 Acarus rhinocerotis De Geer, 1778

Amblyomma rhinocerotis is a species of tick belonging to the family Ixodidae. [2][3][4] The species was first discovered in 1778 in the Souther parts of Africa; however, it disappeared in 1970s before reappearing in again in 2017 at the Nourthern parts of Africa. This species habitats between Southern and Northern parts of Africa. It is a primarily rhino parasite. [5]

Bibliography

• George Henry Falkiner Nuttall,William Francis Cooper,Cecil Warburton,Louis Edward Robinson - Ticks, a Monograph of the Ixodoidea,: Bibliography of the ixodoidea, Vol. 1-2
• Omobolanle Kushimo The Tick Genus Amblyomma in Africa: Phylogenyand Mutilocus DNA Barcoding

Horak, I. G., Boshoff, C. R., Cooper, D. V., Foggin, C. M., Govender, D., Harrison, A., Hausler, G., Hofmeyr, M., Kilian, J. W., MacFadyen, D. N., Nel, P. J., Peinke, D., Squarre, D., & Zimmermann, D. (2017). Parasites of domestic and wild animals in South Africa. XLIX. Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) infesting white and black rhinoceroses in southern Africa. The Onderstepoort journal of veterinary research, 84(1), e1–e11. Horak, I. G., Heyne, H., Williams, R., Gallivan, G. J., Spickett, A. M., Bezuidenhout, J. D., & Estrada-Peña, A. (2018). The ixodid ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) of southern Africa. Springer.

External links

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Wikidata ☰ Q10407829 entry