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Published December 2, 2025 | Version v1
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Amblyomma

Authors/Creators

  • 1. Department of Zoology, Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan
  • 2. Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
  • 3. Department of Entomology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, USA
  • 4. Fraunhofer Institute for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology ITMP, Immunology, Infection and Pandemic Research IIP, Munich, Germany & Experimental Parasitology, Department of Veterinary Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, LMU, Munich, Germany
  • 5. Department of Zoology, Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan & Centro de Biotecnologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande de Sul, Avenida Bento Gonçalves, Porto Alegre 9500, 91501 - 970, RS, Brazil

Description

Genus Amblyomma

Three species, Amblyomma gervaisi (Lucas, 1847), Amblyomma javanense (Supino, 1897) and Amblyomma pakhtunensis Ali, Khan, Chitimia–Dobler and Mans, 2024, have been reported infesting reptiles in Pakistan (Fig. 10) (McCarthy 1967; Auffenberg & Auffenberg 1990; Ali et al. 2019, 2024b; Khan M et al. 2022). Morphological identification of our tick collections revealed the presence of Am. gervaisi and Am. pakhtunensis.

Notes

Published as part of Ali, Abid, Almutairi, Mashal M., Robbins, Richard G., Chitimia-Dobler, Lidia & Ullah, Shafi, 2025, Updated checklist, morphological descriptions, hosts and vector potential of ticks (Acari: Argasidae, Ixodidae) in Pakistan, pp. 151-202 in Zootaxa 5725 (2) on page 164, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5725.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/17868710

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http://treatment.plazi.org/id/FE5387F7FFD9FFCA00A2232C31C2F84B

Cites
Figure: 10.5281/zenodo.18017758 (DOI)
Is part of
Journal article: 10.11646/zootaxa.5725.2.1 (DOI)
Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/17868710 (URL)
Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/026AFF8FFFD4FFC7003524013514FFBE (URL)
Journal article: http://zoobank.org/538289F3-C5A9-4CB3-962D-3780C203949E (URL)
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https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/FE5387F7FFD9FFCA00A2232C31C2F84B (URL)
https://www.gbif.org/species/309017079 (URL)
https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/313537/taxon/FE5387F7FFD9FFCA00A2232C31C2F84B.taxon (URL)

Biodiversity

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Ixodida
Family
Ixodidae
Genus
Amblyomma
Taxon rank
genus

References

  • Lucas, H. (1847) Ixodes gervaisii et Ixodes fusco-lineatus nn. spp. Bulletin de la Societe Entomologique de France, Serie 2, 5, 99-101.
  • Supino, F. (1897 a) Nuovi Ixodes della Birmania (nota preventiva). Atti della Societa Veneto-Trentina di Scienze Naturali Residente in Padova, Serie 2, 3, 230-238. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.83719
  • Mans, B. J., Chitimia - Dobler, L., Pienaar, R., de Castro, M., Khan, M., Almutairi, M. M., Alouffi, A. & Ali, A. (2024) Mitochondrial genome and nuclear ribosomal RNA analysis place Alveonasus lahorensis within the Argasinae and suggest that the genus Alveonasus is paraphyletic. Parasitology, 151 (9), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182024000441
  • McCarthy, V. C. (1967) Ixodid Ticks (Acarina, Ixodidae) of West Pakistan. Ph. D. Dissertation, University of Maryland, College Park, 533 pp.
  • Auffenberg, W. & Auffenberg, T. (1990) The reptile tick Aponomma gervaisi (Acarina: Ixodidae) as a parasite of monitor lizards in Pakistan and India. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History, 35 (1), 1-34. https://doi.org/10.58782/flmnh.odud2059
  • Ali, A., Khan, M. A., Zahid, H., Yaseen, P. M., Qayash Khan, M., Nawab, J., Ur Rehman, Z., Ateeq, M., Khan, S. & Ibrahim, M. (2019) Seasonal dynamics, record of ticks infesting humans, wild and domestic animals and molecular phylogeny of Rhipicephalus microplus in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan. Frontiers in Physiology, 10, 793. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2019.00793
  • Ali, A., Khan, M., Alouffi, A., Almutairi, M. M., Paguem, A., Chitimia - Dobler, L., Pienaar, R., de Castro, M. H. & Mans, B. J. (2024 b) Description of a new tick species, closely related to Amblyomma javanense (Supino, 1897), associated with Varanus bengalensis (Squamata: Varanidae) in Pakistan. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, 15 (6), 102361. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2024.102361
  • Usman, M., Durrani, A. Z., Mehmood, N., Saleem, M. H. & Chaudhry, M. (2022) Prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in pet dogs and associated ticks in Pakistan. Pakistan Journal of Zoology, 50, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.17582/journal.pjz/20210827160812