| Amblyomma hebraeum | The South African bont tick, an important vector of heartwater in southern Africa. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Amblyomma | A genus of ornate, hard ticks (family Ixodidae) characterised by having eyes, festoons, and deeply imbedded ventral plates near the festoons in males. Origin: ambly-+ G. Omma, eye, vision (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Amblyomma americanum | The Lone-Star tick, a species that is an important pest and vector of Rocky Mountain spotted fever, found primarily in the southern United States and northern Mexico; it occurs on dogs and many other hosts, including domestic animals, birds, and man; it bites man in larval, nymphal, and adult stages. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Amblyomma cajennense | The Cayenne tick, a species that is an important pest in southern Texas, Central and South America, and the larger Caribbean islands, and a vector of Rocky Mountain spotted fever in Mexico and Central and South America; all stages attack man and many species of domestic and wild animals. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Amblyomma maculatum | The Gulf Coast tick, a species that is a pest of livestock in the southeastern United States. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Amblyomma variegatum | The tropical bont tick, a serious pest of domestic livestock and an important vector of heartwater in Africa and the Caribbean; it is closely associated with the development of severe clinical dermatophilosis in cattle in the Caribbean. (05 Mar 2000) |