A REVIEW OF AFRICAN AMBLYOMMA SPECIES (ACARI, IXODIDA, IXODIDAE)

About authors:

Voltzit O.V., Zoological Museum of Moscow State University, Bol. Nikitskaya 6, Moscow, 125009 Russia
J. E. Keirans, Institute of Arthropodology and Parasitology, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Georgia 30460, U.S.A.;

Acknowledgments:

We thank Dr. Henry Andre (Musee royal de l’Afrique centrale, Tervuren, Belgium) for loan-ing the adults of A. nuttalli.

Portions of this research were supported by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseas-es grant AI 40729 to JEK.

Annotation:

This review includes descriptions of all avail-able African Amblyomma species, keys to males and females, data on synonymy, distribution, and host-parasite associations.

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