Amblyomma pomposum

Amblyomma • Ixodidae • Ixodida (ticks) • Arachnida (parasites/med.) • veterinary/medical pests • pests-diseases-weeds

Amblyomma pomposum (click on image to enlarge it)
Author(s): Jim Occi, BugPics
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Amblyomma pomposum Dönitz, 1909 - (highland bont tick)

The tick is found in central Africa on cattle and other mammals.

Publications covering Amblyomma pomposum

Acarina (2003) 11, 135-214
O.V. Voltzit and J.E. Keirans (2003)
A review of African Amblyomma species (Acari, Ixodida, Ixodidae)

Bulletin of Entomological Research (1998) 88, 379-406
G.S. Cumming (1998)
Host preference in African ticks (Acari: Ixodida): a quantitative data set