Africaniella
| Africaniella | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Ixodida |
| Family: | Ixodidae |
| Genus: | Africaniella Travassos Dias, 1974 |
| Type species | |
| Africaniella transversale (Lucas, 1845)
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Africaniella is a genus of hard ticks.[1] There are two extant member species, native to tropical and subtropical Africa. Africaniella species primarily parasitise boa snakes.
Species
- Africaniella transversale
- Africaniella orlovi
References
- ^ Hornok, Sándor; Kontschán, Jenő; Takács, Nóra; Chaber, Anne-Lise; Halajian, Ali; Abichu, Getachew; Kamani, Joshua; Szekeres, Sándor; Plantard, Olivier (2020-11-01). "Molecular phylogeny of Amblyomma exornatum and Amblyomma transversale, with reinstatement of the genus Africaniella (Acari: Ixodidae) for the latter". Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases. 11 (6) 101494. doi:10.1016/j.ttbdis.2020.101494. ISSN 1877-959X.