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The Genus Amblyomma Koch, 1844

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The Ixodid Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) of Southern Africa

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The 11 species in the genus Amblyomma that are, or have been, found in Southern African are illustrated and described, their geographic distributions mapped, their hosts listed, and when available, their life cycles, seasonal abundance and role as vectors of disease are provided.

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  1. Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort, South Africa

    Ivan G. Horak

  2. ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, Onderstepoort, South Africa

    Heloise Heyne, Roy Williams & Arthur M. Spickett

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    J. Dürr Bezuidenhout

  5. Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain

    Agustín Estrada-Peña

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Horak, I.G. et al. (2018). The Genus Amblyomma Koch, 1844. In: The Ixodid Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) of Southern Africa. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70642-9_4

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