Amblyomma

Taxobox
name = "Amblyomma"


image_caption =
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
subphylum = Chelicerata
classis = Arachnida
subclassis = Acarina
superordo = Parasitiformes
ordo = Ixodida
superfamilia = Ixodoidea
familia = Ixodidae
subfamilia = Amblyomminae
genus = "Amblyomma"
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = About 130, see text.

"Amblyomma" is a genus of hard ticks. Some are disease vectors, for example for Rocky Mountain spotted fever in Brazil or ehrlichiosis and anaplasmosis in the USA.

elected species

* "Amblyomma americanum" – Lone Star Tick
* "Amblyomma arianae"
* "Amblyomma cajennense"
* "Amblyomma longirostre" Koch, 1844
* "Amblyomma variegatum"

External links

* http://www.fao.org/ag/aga/agah/pd/pages/ticksp2.htm