longhorned tick

English

Haemaphysalis longicornis (engorged female, dorsal view)

Noun

longhorned tick (plural longhorned ticks)

Any tick of species Haemaphysalis longicornis, native to the Old World, a disease vector among many mammals.

Synonyms

(Haemaphysalis longicornis): bush tick, cattle tick, Asian longhorned tick, Asian tick

See also

theileriosis
Lyme disease
spotted fever group (Rickettsia)
Ehrlichia chaffeensis
Anaplasma bovis
Tick-borne encephalitis virus
Powassan virus
Khasan virus
Japanese spotted fever
severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS)

References

longhorned tick on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Haemaphysalis longicornis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Haemaphysalis longicornis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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