Amblyomma triguttatum
| Amblyomma triguttatum | |
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| Amblyomma triguttatum female | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Ixodida |
| Family: | Ixodidae |
| Genus: | Amblyomma |
| Species: | A. triguttatum
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| Binomial name | |
| Amblyomma triguttatum Koch, 1844
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Amblyomma triguttatum, commonly known as the ornate kangaroo tick, is a species of tick in the genus Amblyomma native to Australia, in Western Australia, parts of Queensland, and in New South Wales.
Subspecies
[edit]There are four subspecies, one or more of which might be separate species.[1] The subspecies include Am. t. ornatissimum , Am. t. queenslandensis, Am. t. rosei , and Am. t. triguttatum.[2]
The nominate subspecies is a vector for Rickettsia.[3]
Ecology
[edit]Like all species in its family, Ixodidae (known as hard ticks), the kangaroo tick is a parasitic arachnid and is an obligate hematophage, solely consuming blood for its nutritional needs.[4]
Hosts
[edit]Thought to be a carrier of Q fever, in addition to parasitising macropods such as western grey kangaroos and Tammar wallabies, it has been found on a variety of other mammalian hosts, including black rats, European rabbits, domesticated dogs and cats, and humans.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Alberto A. Guglielmone; Richard G. Robbins; Dmitry A. Apanaskevich; Trevor N. Petney; Agustín Estrada-Peña; Ivan G. Horak (2013). The Hard Ticks of the World: (Acari: Ixodida: Ixodidae). Springer Science & Business Media. pp. 510–11. ISBN 9789400774971.
- ^ Egan, Siobhon (2022). Ecology of ticks and microbes in Australian wildlife (Thesis). Murdoch University.
- ^ Li AY, Adams PJ, Abdad MY, Fenwick SG (2010). "High prevalence of Rickettsia gravesii sp. nov. in Amblyomma triguttatum collected from feral pigs". Vet. Microbiol. (Submitted manuscript). 146 (1–2): 59–62. doi:10.1016/j.vetmic.2010.04.018. PMID 20488632.
- ^ "Life cycle of Hard Ticks that Spread Disease". Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
- ^ Waudby, Helen P.; Petit, Sophie; Dixon, Bruce; Andrews, Ross H. (5 July 2007). "Hosts of the exotic ornate kangaroo tick, Amblyomma triguttatum triguttatum Koch, on southern Yorke Peninsula, South Australia". Parasitology Research. Vol. 101. pp. 1323–1330. doi:10.1007/s00436-007-0642-4. PMID 17611781.
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