Accepted scientific name:
Amblyomma americanum Linnaeus, 1758 (accepted name) 1 literature reference for Amblyomma americanum Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms:
Acarus americanus Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Acarus americanus Linnaeus, 1758
Acarus nigua De Geer, 1778 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Acarus nigua De Geer, 1778
Amblyomma foreli Stoll, 1890 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Amblyomma foreli Stoll, 1890
Amblyomma unipunctatum Thurow, 1891 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Amblyomma unipunctatum Thurow, 1891
Amblyomma unipunctum Packard, 1870 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Amblyomma unipunctum Packard, 1870
Amblyomma (Amblyomma) americanum Camicas et al., 1998 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Amblyomma (Amblyomma) americanum Camicas et al., 1998
Amblyomma (Anastosiella) americanum Santos Dias, 1993 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Amblyomma (Anastosiella) americanum Santos Dias, 1993
Euthesius americanus Gistel, 1848 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Euthesius americanus Gistel, 1848
Ixodes americanus Fabricius, 1805 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Ixodes americanus Fabricius, 1805
Ixodes nigra Cobbold, 1879 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Ixodes nigra Cobbold, 1879
Ixodes nigua Latreille, 1804 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Ixodes nigua Latreille, 1804
Ixodes orbicularis Neumann, 1901 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Ixodes orbicularis Neumann, 1901
Ixodes orbiculatus Say, 1821 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Ixodes orbiculatus Say, 1821
Ixodes unipictus Verrill, 1870 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Ixodes unipictus Verrill, 1870
Ixodes unipuncta Lewis, 1899 (misapplied name) 1 literature reference for Ixodes unipuncta Lewis, 1899
Ixodes unipunctata Packard, 1869 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Ixodes unipunctata Packard, 1869
Rhynchoprion americanum Hermann, 1804 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Rhynchoprion americanum Hermann, 1804
Common names:
Common name Language Country
Lone Star tick English United States Click here to show the literature
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Tique étoilée d’Amérique French Canada Click here to show the literature
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La garrapata de la estrella solitaria Spanish Panama Click here to show the literature
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Classification:
Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Arachnida
Order Ixodida
Family Ixodidae
Genus Amblyomma
Distribution: United States, Canada
Additional data: -
Source database: TicksBase, 5.6, Jun 2005
Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Horak I.G., 03-Jan-2004
Online resource: http://www.icttd.nl/php/index.php?search_type_genus=contains&input_genus=Amblyomma&search_type_species=contains&input_species=americanum&doaction=getGenusAndSpecies
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:e3b5c12a-29c1-102b-9a4a-00304854f820:ac2010