The Gulf Coast tick (Amblyomma maculatum) is a species of hard tick in the genus Amblyomma, first described by Koch in 1844. Its immature stages typically infest small mammals and ground dwelling birds, with cotton rats especially favored hosts, while the full host list also includes deer, dogs, pigs, and humans. The species has been found carrying Rickettsia parkeri, the bacterium that causes American tick bite fever, and a 2013 detection in a specimen from Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge in Delaware was the first evidence linking this pathogen to the species in that state.
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Ixodidae, Taxa Source GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Amblyomma maculatum
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Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Amblyomma maculatum (Animal Diversity Web)Geographic RangeQuote, Geographic Range
Ambylomma maculutum can also be found in Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Nicaragua, Honduras, Costa Rica, Columbia, Venezuela, and Ecuador though there is a lack of precise data for exactly where in these countries the ticks are most predominant.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Amblyomma maculatum (Animal Diversity Web)Geographic RangeQuote, Geographic Range
Ambylomma maculutum can also be found in Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Nicaragua, Honduras, Costa Rica, Columbia, Venezuela, and Ecuador though there is a lack of precise data for exactly where in these countries the ticks are most predominant.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Amblyomma maculatum (Animal Diversity Web)Geographic RangeQuote, Geographic Range
Ambylomma maculutum can also be found in Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Nicaragua, Honduras, Costa Rica, Columbia, Venezuela, and Ecuador though there is a lack of precise data for exactly where in these countries the ticks are most predominant.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Amblyomma maculatum (Animal Diversity Web)Geographic RangeQuote, Geographic Range
Ambylomma maculutum can also be found in Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Nicaragua, Honduras, Costa Rica, Columbia, Venezuela, and Ecuador though there is a lack of precise data for exactly where in these countries the ticks are most predominant.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Amblyomma maculatum (Animal Diversity Web)Geographic RangeQuote, Geographic Range
Ambylomma maculutum can also be found in Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Nicaragua, Honduras, Costa Rica, Columbia, Venezuela, and Ecuador though there is a lack of precise data for exactly where in these countries the ticks are most predominant.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Amblyomma maculatum (Animal Diversity Web)Geographic RangeQuote, Geographic Range
Ambylomma maculutum can also be found in Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Nicaragua, Honduras, Costa Rica, Columbia, Venezuela, and Ecuador though there is a lack of precise data for exactly where in these countries the ticks are most predominant.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Amblyomma maculatum (Animal Diversity Web)Geographic RangeQuote, Geographic Range
Ambylomma maculutum can also be found in Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Nicaragua, Honduras, Costa Rica, Columbia, Venezuela, and Ecuador though there is a lack of precise data for exactly where in these countries the ticks are most predominant.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Amblyomma maculatum (Animal Diversity Web)Geographic RangeQuote, Geographic Range
Ambylomma maculutum can also be found in Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Nicaragua, Honduras, Costa Rica, Columbia, Venezuela, and Ecuador though there is a lack of precise data for exactly where in these countries the ticks are most predominant.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Amblyomma maculatum (Animal Diversity Web)Geographic RangeQuote, Geographic Range
In the United States where it is heavily prevalent they are mainly found in the southern states surrounding the Gulf Coast from Texas to Florida and even up the eastern coast line.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Amblyomma maculatum (Animal Diversity Web)Geographic RangeQuote, Geographic Range
Ambylomma maculutum can also be found in Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Nicaragua, Honduras, Costa Rica, Columbia, Venezuela, and Ecuador though there is a lack of precise data for exactly where in these countries the ticks are most predominant.
Sources
1. Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Amblyomma maculatum (Animal Diversity Web)
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyFood Habits: Primary Diet
Primary Diet carnivore carnivore sanguivore sanguivore
Habitat: Habitat Regions
Habitat Regions temperate temperate tropical tropical terrestrial terrestrial
Economic Importance for Humans: Negative
Negative Impacts injures humans causes disease in humans causes disease in humans carries human disease causes or carries domestic animal disease causes or carries domestic animal disease
View the Source 2. Amblyomma maculatum (Wikipedia)
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Amblyomma maculatum (Gulf Coast tick) is a species of tick in the genus Amblyomma.
3. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Amblyomma maculatum
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"canonicalName": "Amblyomma maculatum"
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