Amblyomma

{{Short description|Genus of ticks}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| fossil_range = {{Fossil range|Cenomanian|present}}

| image = Amblyomma ovale.png

| image_caption = A female of Amblyomma ovale firmly attached to and feeding on a dog.

| taxon = Amblyomma

| authority = Koch, 1844

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = About 130, see text.

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File:Amblyomma americanum tick.jpg]]

File:Amblyomma cajennense.tif]]

File:Amblyomma maculatum.tif]]

File:Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.ART.1201 - Amblyomma marmoreum (C. L. Koch) - Mites - Collection Anthonie Cornelis Oudemans.jpeg C. L. Koch drawn by Oudemans]]

File:Amblyomma scalpturatum.jpg]]

Amblyomma is a genus of hard ticks. Some are disease vectors, for example the Rocky Mountain spotted fever in United States or ehrlichiosis in Brazil.

File:Fig 5 Amblyomma Supinoi.jpg]]

File:Amblyomma triste.tif]]

File:Amblyomma-variegatum-male.jpg]]

This genus is the third largest in the family Ixodidae, with its species primarily occupying the torrid zones of all the continents. The centre of species diversity is on the American continent, where half of all the species occur. On this continent, Amblyomma species reach far beyond the torrid zone, up to the 40th parallel in the Northern Hemisphere, to the 50th parallel in the Southern Hemisphere, and even reaches the alpine zone of the Andes. They also occur in Eurasia, Africa and Australia.[http://www.kolonin.org/4.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100922170634/http://www.kolonin.org/4.html|date=2010-09-22}} G. V. Kolonin, Fauna of Ixodid Ticks of the World (Acari, Ixodidae), Moscow 2009

Species

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= Fossil species =

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