Hyalomma

Belongs within: Ixodida.

Hyalomma is a genus of large, highly active ticks found in Eurasia and Africa. They have rather long mouthparts and may cause significant wounds on their hosts (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 [Hyalomminae]H98
    |--H. aegyptium (Linnaeus 1758)H98 [=Acarus aegyptiusH98, Amblyomma aegyptiumH98; incl. Hyalomma syriacum Koch 1844A56]
    |--H. anatolicumKK91
    |--H. asiaticum Sch. & Schl. 1929P91
    |--H. dentatum Canestrini & Fanzago 1877CF77
    |--H. detritumKK91
    |--H. dromedarii Koch 1844 [=H. aegyptium dromedarii]A56
    |--H. excavatum Koch 1844A56
    |--H. lusitanicumBS96
    |--H. marginatumK09
    |    |--H. m. marginatumR91
    |    |--H. m. isaaci Sharif 1928R72
    |    `--H. m. rufipes (Koch 1844)R91, ADG91
    |--H. plumbeumKK91
    |--H. rufipesA56
    |    |--H. r. rufipesA56
    |    `--H. r. glabrum Delpy 1949A56
    |--H. schulzei Olenev 1931A56
    |--H. scupenseKK91
    |--H. spinigeraB99
    `--H. truncatum (Koch 1844)ADG91

*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.

[B99] Balashov, Y. S. 1999. The regulation of interaction between tick, host and pathogens by the activity of salivary glands. In: Needham, G. R., R. Mitchell, D. J. Horn & W. C. Welbourn (eds) Acarology IX vol. 2. Symposia pp. 451–455. Ohio Biological Survey: Columbus (Ohio).

[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.

[R72] Rajagopalan, P. K. 1972. Ixodid ticks (Acarina: Ixodidae) parasitizing wild birds in the Kyasanur Forest disease area of Shimoga District, Mysore State, India. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 69 (1): 55–78.

[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.