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Also known as the Bont-legged tick
Hosts
Cattle, horses, dogs, human
Distribution
UK (Larvae and nymphs only from migratory birds), France, Denmark, Norway, Portugal
Pathogenesis
Cattle: Babesia ovis, Rickettsia aeschlimanii and Crimea-Congo haemorrhagic fever
Horse: Babesia caballi and Theileria equi
Hyalomma marginatum is also known to be a vector of;
Babesia equi
Nutallia equi
Brucella abortus
Crimean haemorrhagic fever in humans
Description
Adult female dorsal features
Adult female dorsal view and adult female close up of gnathosoma. (Click on pictures for a close up)
Adult female ventral features
Adult female ventral view and adult female close up of coxae/ventral gnathosoma. (Click on pictures for a close up)
Adult male dorsal features
Adult male dorsal view and adult male close up of gnathosoma. (Click on pictures for a close up)
Adult male ventral features
Adult male ventral view and adult male close up of coxae/ventral gnathosoma. (Click on pictures for a close up)