Amblyomma rhinocerotis

Amblyomma rhinocerotis is a species of tick belonging to the family Ixodidae. [2][3][4] The species was first discovered in 1778 in the southern parts of Africa; however it disappeared in the 1970s before reappearing again in 2017 in the northern parts of Africa. It is primarily a rhino parasite. [5]

Amblyomma rhinocerotis
Amblyomma rhinocerotis. Museum specimen
Scientific classification Edit this 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[1]
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  • 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

Bibliography

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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.

References

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  1. ^ Camicas,J.-L., Hervy, J.-P., Adam, F. & Morel, P.C (1998) The Ticks of the World (Acarida, Ixodida). Nomenclature, Described stages, Hosts, Distribution, The Ticks of the World (Acarida, Ixodida). Nomenclature, Described stages, Hosts, Distribution
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