Amblyomma hebraeum
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Author(s): Mat Pound, USDA Agricultural Research Service
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Amblyomma hebraeum (Koch, 1844) - (African bont tick)
Author(s): Frans Jongejan et al.
Source: Parasites & Vectors (2020) 13, 172
The tick is found on cattle in southern and central Africa and may also bite humans. It is a vector of heartwater (Ehrlichia ruminantium, syn. Cowdria ruminantium), a fatal disease of ruminants, as well as African tick bite fever (Rickettsia africae). It has a long life-cycle and 3 hosts, which means, it changes its host after each engorgement and molting. The hosts include small mammals, ground feeding birds, reptiles, and in the adult stage cattle, other ruminants and wildlife.
In South Africa, the adults lay eggs in the summer and the nymphs overwinter. Unfed adults are around 5 mm long with a variably colored body. The scutum is pale greenish with small black or brown spots. The legs are brown with a lighter ring at the end of each segment. The tick is controlled with acaricides.
