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Amblyomma maculatum

Koch, 1844

Gulf Coast Tick

GNRUnranked Found in 1 roadless area NatureServe Explorer →

GNRUnrankedGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.974192

Element CodeILACA15020

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryInvertebrate Animal

Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations

KingdomAnimalia

PhylumArthropoda

ClassArachnida

OrderIxodida

FamilyIxodidae

GenusAmblyomma

Concept Reference

Lindquist, E.E., T.D. Galloway, H. Artsob, L.R. Lindsay, M. Drebot, H. Wood, and R.G. Robbins. 2016. A handbook to the ticks of Canada (Ixodida: Ixodidae, Argasidae). Biological Survey of Canada Monograph Series No. 7. doi: 10.3752/9780968932186

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (2)

United StatesNNR

Province	Rank	Native
New York	SNA	No
South Carolina	SNR	Yes

CanadaNNA

Province	Rank	Native
Ontario	SNA	No

Roadless Areas (1)

Virginia (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
The Priest	George Washington National Forest	5,737

References (2)

Hertz, J. C., and P. E. Kaufman. 2021.Gulf Coast tick (<i>Amblyomma maculatum</i>). October 2014, reviewed April 2021. Entomology and Nematology Department, University of Florida, Center for Disease Control. Publication Number: EENY-603. Online. Available: https://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/URBAN/MEDICAL/Gulf_coast_tick.htm
Lindquist, E.E., T.D. Galloway, H. Artsob, L.R. Lindsay, M. Drebot, H. Wood, and R.G. Robbins. 2016. A handbook to the ticks of Canada (Ixodida: Ixodidae, Argasidae). Biological Survey of Canada Monograph Series No. 7. doi: 10.3752/9780968932186