Hyalomma

Specimen of Hyalomma marginatum, photographed by Adam Cuerden.

Belongs within: Ixodidae.

Hyalomma is a genus of large, highly active ticks found in Eurasia and Africa (Keirans 2009).

Characters (from Keirans 2009): Scutum inornate; eyes large, bulging upward from distinct, deep sockets. Palpi much longer than basis capituli, palpal segment II at least twice as long as broad. Males with ventral plates, with 7–11 festoons, partially coalesced.

<==Hyalomma Koch 1844 H98
    |--H. aegyptium (Linnaeus 1758) H98 (see below for synonymy)
    |--H. anatolicum KK91
    |--H. asiaticum Sch. & Schl. 1929 P91
    |--H. dentatum Canestrini & Fanzago 1877 CF77
    |--H. detritum KK91
    |--H. dromedarii Koch 1844 [=H. aegyptium dromedarii] A56
    |--H. excavatum Koch 1844 A56
    |--H. lusitanicum BS96
    |--H. marginatum K09
    |    |--H. m. marginatum R91
    |    `--H. m. rufipes (Koch 1844) R91, ADG91
    |--H. plumbeum KK91
    |--H. rufipes A56
    |    |--H. r. rufipes A56
    |    `--H. r. glabrum Delpy 1949 A56
    |--H. schulzei Olenev 1931 A56
    |--H. scupense KK91
    `--H. truncatum (Koch 1844) ADG91

Hyalomma aegyptium (Linnaeus 1758) H98 [=Acarus aegyptius H98, Amblyomma aegyptium H98; incl. Hyalomma syriacum Koch 1844 A56]

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[ADG91] Amoo, A. O. J., O. O. Dipeolu & L. N. Gichuru. 1991. Tick ecology: on-host population dynamics of ticks in the Coast Province of Kenya. In: Dusbábek, F., & V. Bukva (eds) Modern Acarology: Proceedings of the VIII International Congress of Acarology, held in České Budĕjovice, Czechoslovakia, 6–11 August 1990 vol. 2 pp. 461–468. SPB Academic Publishing: The Hague.

[A56] Anastos, G. 1956. The ticks (Acarina: Ixodoidea) of the J. Klapperich Afghanistan Expedition, 1952 and 1953. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 46 (1): 18–19.

[BS96] Burks, C. S., R. L. Stewart Jr, G. R. Needham & R. E. Lee Jr. 1996. Cold hardiness in the ixodid ticks (Ixodidae). In: Mitchell, R., D. J. Horn, G. R. Needham & W. C. Welbourn (eds) Acarology IX vol. 1. Proceedings pp. 85–87. Ohio Biological Survey: Columbus (Ohio).

[CF77] Canestrini, G., & F. Fanzago. 1877. Intorno agli Acari Italiani. Atti del Reale Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti, Serie 5, 4: 69–208, pls 2–7.

[H98] Halliday, R. B. 1998. Mites of Australia: A checklist and bibliography. CSIRO Publishing: Collingwood.

[KK91] Kamarinchev, B., T. Kovacheva, T. Christova, G. Georgieva & V. Zlatanova. 1991. Studies on mosquitoes and ticks as carriers of alpha-, flavi- and bunyaviruses. In: Dusbábek, F., & V. Bukva (eds) Modern Acarology: Proceedings of the VIII International Congress of Acarology, held in České Budĕjovice, Czechoslovakia, 6–11 August 1990 vol. 2 pp. 89–92. SPB Academic Publishing: The Hague.

[K09] Keirans, J. E. 2009. Order Ixodida. In: Krantz, G. W., & D. E. Walter (eds) A Manual of Acarology 3^rd ed. pp. 111–123. Texas Tech University Press.

[P91] Podboronov, V. M. 1991. Antibacterial protective mechanisms of ixodoid ticks. In: Dusbábek, F., & V. Bukva (eds) Modern Acarology: Proceedings of the VIII International Congress of Acarology, held in České Budĕjovice, Czechoslovakia, 6–11 August 1990 vol. 2 pp. 375–380. SPB Academic Publishing: The Hague.

[R91] Rechav, Y. 1991. The ecology of the vectors of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever in southern Africa. In: Dusbábek, F., & V. Bukva (eds) Modern Acarology: Proceedings of the VIII International Congress of Acarology, held in České Budĕjovice, Czechoslovakia, 6–11 August 1990 vol. 2 pp. 93–99. SPB Academic Publishing: The Hague.