Hyalomma marginatum

Hyalomma marginatum is a hard-bodied tick found on birds including the pale crag martin. This tick has been implicated in the transmission of Bahig virus, a pathogenic arbovirus previously thought to be transmitted only by mosquitoes.[1]

Hyalomma marginatum
Specimen in alcohol
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Arachnida
Subclass:
Acari
Superorder:
Parasitiformes
Order:
Ixodida
Family:
Ixodidae
Subfamily:
Hyalomminae
Genus:
Hyalomma
Species:
H. marginatum
Binomial name
Hyalomma marginatum
Koch 1844

The Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever virus has also been detected in ticks of this type removed from migratory birds in Morocco.[2]

Hyalomma marginatum marginatum is a subspecies.[3] The subspecies is typically found in northern Africa, southern Europe and some parts of Asia. It was also identified in Germany in 2006.[4]

References
  1. Converse, James D; Hoogstraal, Harry; Moussa, M I; Stek, M; Kaiser, Makram N (1974). "Bahig virus (Tete group) in naturally- and transovarially-infected Hyalomma marginalum ticks from Egypt and Italy". Archiv für die Gesamte Virusforschung. 46 (1–2): 29–35. doi:10.1007/BF01240201. PMID 4441433.
  2. Palomar, AM; Portillo A; Santibáñez P; Mazuelas D; Arizaga J; Crespo A; et al. (Feb 2013). "Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus in Ticks from Migratory Birds, Morocco". Emerg Infect Dis [Internet]. 19 (2): 260–3. doi:10.3201/eid1902.121193. PMC 3559059. PMID 23347801.
  3. "Hyalomma (Hyalomma) marginatum subsp. marginatum Koch, 1844. Fauna Europaea".
  4. Helge Kampen; Wolfgang Poltz; Kathrin Hartelt; Roman Wölfel; Michael Faulde (19 October 2007), "Detection of a questing Hyalomma marginatum marginatum adult female (Acari, Ixodidae) in southern Germany.", Experimental and Applied Acarology, 43 (3), doi:10.1007/S10493-007-9113-Y, PMID 17952610, Wikidata Q39118322


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