Lecture 8 (only common name - scientific names)

Question 1

What family?

hard ticks -

soft ticks -

Answer 1

Ixodidae

Argasidae

Question 2

lone star tick

Answer 2

Amblyomma americanum

Question 3

bont tick / variegated or tropical bont tick

Answer 3

Amblyomma variegatum

Question 4

Cayenne tick

Answer 4

Amblyomma cajennense

Question 5

South African bont tick

Answer 5

Amblyomma hebraeum

Question 6

Gulf Coast tick

Answer 6

Amblyomma maculatum

Question 7

East African bont tick -

buffalo bont tick -

iguana tick -

gopher tortoise tick -

Answer 7

East African bont tick - Amblyomma lepidum

buffalo bont tick - Amblyomma cohaerens

iguana tick - Amblyomma dissimile

gopher tortoise tick - Amblyomma tuberculatum

Question 8

____ - parasitizes wombats.

____ - parasitizes echidnas.

____ - also called the bluetongued lizard tick.

Answer 8

Bothriocroton aruginans

Bothriocroton concolor

Bothriocroton hydrosauri

Question 9

“one of the most unusual, beautiful, and rare tick species known to the world”.

Answer 9

Cosmiomma hippopotamensis

Question 10

Rocky Mountain wood tick

Answer 10

Dermacentor andersoni

Question 11

American dog tick

Answer 11

Dermacentor variabilis

Question 12

winter or moose tick

Answer 12

Dermacentor albipictus

Question 13

tropical horse tick

Answer 13

Dermacentor nitens

Question 14

sheep tick -

marsh tick / meadow tick / ornate cow tick -

Pacific coast tick -

Answer 14

sheep tick - Dermacentor marginatus

marsh tick / meadow tick / ornate cow tick - Dermacentor reticulatus

Pacific coast tick - Dermacentor occidentalis

Question 15

red sheep tick

Answer 15

Haemaphysalis punctata

Question 16

yellow or African dog tick

Answer 16

Haemaphysalis leachi

Question 17

Asian longhorned tick

Answer 17

Haemaphysalis longicornis

Question 18

sheep tick or the castor bean tick

Answer 18

Ixodes ricinus

Question 19

Australian paralysis tick

Answer 19

Ixodes holocyclus

Question 20

taiga tick

Answer 20

Ixodes persulcatus

Question 21

black-legged tick / shoulder tick

Answer 21

Ixodes scapularis

Question 22

dog tick -

hedgehog tick -

russet tick -

Karoo paralysis tick -

western black-legged tick -

rotund tick -

Answer 22

dog tick - Ixodes canisuga

hedgehog tick - Ixodes hexagonus

russet tick - Ixodes pilosus

Karoo paralysis tick - Ixodes rubicundus

western black-legged tick - Ixodes pacificus

rotund tick - Ixodes rugosus

Question 23

____ - the Sudanese beady-legged tick.
____ - the East African giraffe tick.
____ - the Argentine tick.

Answer 23

M. reidi

M. wileyi

M. winthemi

Question 24

brown ear tick

Answer 24

Rhipicephalus appendiculatus

Question 25

brown dog tick

Answer 25

Rhipicephalus sanguineus

Question 26

cape brown tick -

red-legged tick -

ivory-ornamented tick -

Answer 26

Rhipicephalus capensis

Rhipicephalus evertsi

Rhipicephalus pulchellus

Question 27

‘blue ticks’

Answer 27

Rhipicephalus (Boophilus)

Question 28

blue cattle tick / North American cattle tick / Texas fever tick

Answer 28

Rhipicephalus annulatus

Question 29

tropical cattle tick / southern cattle tick

Answer 29

Rhipicephalus microplus

Question 30

bont-legged tick

Answer 30

Hyalomma anatolicum

Question 31

tortoise tick -

camel tick -

Mediterranean tick -

Answer 31

tortoise tick - Hyalomma aegyptium

camel tick - Hyalomma dromedarii

Mediterranean tick - Hyalomma marginatum

Question 32

fowl tick / chicken tick / adobe tick

Answer 32

Argas persicus

Question 33

pigeon tick -

South American chicken tick -

North American bird tick -

Answer 33

pigeon tick - Argas reflexus

South American chicken tick - Argas miniatus

North American bird tick - Argas radiatus

Question 34

African eyeless tampan.

Answer 34

Ornithodoros moubata

Question 35

hut or warthog tampan

Answer 35

Ornithodoros porcinus

Question 36

sand tampan.

Answer 36

Ornithodoros savignyi

Question 37

Pajahuello tick

Answer 37

Ornithodoros coriaceus

Question 38

relapsing fever tick

Answer 38

Ornithodoros turicata

Question 39

spinose ear tick

Answer 39

Otobius megnini

Question 40

rabbit ear tick

Answer 40

Otobius lagophilus