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Afrotropical: 1)
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, 3)
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, 4)
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, 5)
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(south), 6)
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, 7)
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, 8)
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, 9)
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(
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,
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,
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, Hoogstraal
<emphasis id="B94B07520F45C745BB338FFDB43BFB25" box="[283,341,1231,1257]" italics="true" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">et al.</emphasis>
1981,
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,
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Abdally
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and
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cautioned that the female of
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<emphasis id="B94B07520F45C745BE9D8E25B0F2FAFC" box="[1205,1436,1303,1329]" italics="true" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">Amblyomma gemma</emphasis>
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is morphologically indistinguishable from that of
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<taxonomicName id="4C3FA0C30F45C745B8FB8E09B6B2FA99" authorityName="Koch" authorityYear="1844" box="[723,988,1339,1365]" class="Arachnida" family="Ixodidae" genus="Amblyomma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ixodida" pageId="46" pageNumber="47" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hebraeum">Amblyomma hebraeum</taxonomicName>
.
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<bibRefCitation id="EFAEA6B10F45C745B9C18E09B07FFA99" author="Yeoman, G. H. &amp; Walker, J. B." box="[1001,1297,1339,1365]" pageId="46" pageNumber="47" refId="ref266297" refString="Yeoman, G. H. &amp; Walker, J. B. (1967) The ixodid ticks of Tanzania. A study of the zoogeography of the Ixodidae of an East African country. Commonwealth Institute of Entomology, London, 215 pp." type="book" year="1967">Yeoman &amp; Walker (1967)</bibRefCitation>
and
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added that females of
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<emphasis id="B94B07520F45C745BBF58E6DB7AFFAB4" box="[477,705,1375,1401]" italics="true" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">Amblyomma gemma</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B94B07520F45C745B8DE8E6DB696FAB5" box="[758,1016,1375,1401]" italics="true" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">Amblyomma eburneum</emphasis>
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are easily confused with one another.
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cited many records of confusion between females of
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, and stated that literature diagnoses of
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<emphasis id="B94B07520F45C745B96F8E95B144FA0C" box="[839,1066,1447,1473]" italics="true" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">Amblyomma gemma</emphasis>
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appear to be more often based on ecological considerations than on morphological characters. Therefore, the geographic distribution of
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<emphasis id="B94B07520F45C745BF388EF9B586F9C4" italics="true" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">Amblyomma gemma</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
includes an element of uncertainty.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B80DB400F45C745BAEF8D21B0FCF8E5" blockId="46.[151,1437,1158,1941]" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">
Hoogstraal
<emphasis id="B94B07520F45C745BB618D21B4EEF9E1" box="[329,384,1555,1581]" italics="true" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">et al.</emphasis>
(1981) believed that several records of
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<emphasis id="B94B07520F45C745B9128D21B170F9E0" box="[826,1054,1555,1581]" italics="true" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">Amblyomma gemma</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from
<collectingCountry id="F3289BD00F45C745BE498D21B19CF9E1" box="[1121,1266,1555,1581]" name="Saudi Arabia" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">Saudi Arabia</collectingCountry>
were the result of introductions, implying that this species is not established there, but there is evidence to the contrary (
<bibRefCitation id="EFAEA6B10F45C745BF0D8D05B597F9B9" author="Abdally, M. H. &amp; Al-Marri, T. M. &amp; Abdally, H. M. &amp; Al-Jabr, O." pageId="46" pageNumber="47" pagination="276 - 285" refId="ref166533" refString="Abdally, M. H., Al-Marri, T. M., Abdally, H. M. &amp; Al-Jabr, O. (2020) Incidence and prevalence of hard ticks in ruminants of Al- Ahsa oasis region, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. World Veterinary Journal, 10, 276 - 285. https: // doi. org / 10.36380 / scil. 2020. wvj 36" type="journal article" year="2020">
Abdally
<emphasis id="B94B07520F45C745BFA08D05B5DAF9B9" italics="true" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">et al.</emphasis>
2020
</bibRefCitation>
).
<bibRefCitation id="EFAEA6B10F45C745BB238D69B4D4F9B9" author="Kolonin, G. V." box="[267,442,1627,1653]" pageId="46" pageNumber="47" refId="ref221361" refString="Kolonin, G. V. (2009) Fauna of ixodid ticks of the world. https: // archive. is / CtZk. Last accessed February 11, 2022." type="url" year="2009">Kolonin (2009)</bibRefCitation>
included
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within the geographic distribution of
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<emphasis id="B94B07520F45C745BE0A8D69B069F9B8" box="[1058,1287,1627,1653]" italics="true" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">Amblyomma gemma</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, but the only specimen found in that country by 1987 was thought to have been imported from Africa (
<bibRefCitation id="EFAEA6B10F45C745BEAA8D4DB0FEF955" author="Walker, J. B. &amp; Olwage, A." box="[1154,1424,1663,1689]" pageId="46" pageNumber="47" pagination="353 - 379" refId="ref263132" refString="Walker, J. B. &amp; Olwage, A. (1987) The tick vectors of Cowdria ruminantium (Ixodoidea, Ixodidae, genus Amblyomma) and their distribution. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 54, 353 - 379." type="journal article" year="1987">Walker &amp; Olwage 1987</bibRefCitation>
). However, Hoogstraal
<emphasis id="B94B07520F45C745BBA38D91B4ADF971" box="[395,451,1699,1725]" italics="true" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">et al.</emphasis>
(1981) reported several specimens of
<taxonomicName id="4C3FA0C30F45C745B9448D91B121F970" box="[876,1103,1699,1725]" class="Arachnida" family="Ixodidae" genus="Amblyomma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ixodida" pageId="46" pageNumber="47" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gemma">
<emphasis id="B94B07520F45C745B9448D91B121F970" box="[876,1103,1699,1725]" italics="true" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">Amblyomma gemma</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in
<collectingCountry id="F3289BD00F45C745BE598D91B06CF971" box="[1137,1282,1699,1725]" name="Saudi Arabia" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">Saudi Arabia</collectingCountry>
that had been collected from camels imported from
<collectingCountry id="F3289BD00F45C745B8158DF5B7E0F92D" box="[573,654,1735,1761]" name="Yemen" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">Yemen</collectingCountry>
, and both countries are included here within the range of
<taxonomicName id="4C3FA0C30F45C745BF388DF5B586F8C8" class="Arachnida" family="Ixodidae" genus="Amblyomma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ixodida" pageId="46" pageNumber="47" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gemma">
<emphasis id="B94B07520F45C745BF388DF5B586F8C8" italics="true" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">Amblyomma gemma</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Thus, the geographical distribution of
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<emphasis id="B94B07520F45C745B8B48DD9B611F8C8" box="[668,895,1771,1797]" italics="true" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">Amblyomma gemma</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
includes the Arabian Peninsula. Even so,
<bibRefCitation id="EFAEA6B10F45C745BF648DD9B44FF8E5" author="Wassef, H. I. &amp; Gallagher, M. D." pageId="46" pageNumber="47" pagination="63 - 88" refId="ref264487" refString="Wassef, H. I., B ¸ ttiker, W. &amp; Gallagher, M. D. (1997) Further records of ticks (Acari: Argasidae and Ixodidae) from the Arab Peninsula. Fauna of Saudi Arabia, 16, 63 - 88." type="journal article" year="1997">
Wassef
<emphasis id="B94B07520F45C745BABF8C3DB5A1F8E5" box="[151,207,1807,1833]" italics="true" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">et al.</emphasis>
(1997)
</bibRefCitation>
did not recognize the presence of local populations of
<taxonomicName id="4C3FA0C30F45C745B9AF8C3DB105F8E4" box="[903,1131,1807,1833]" class="Arachnida" family="Ixodidae" genus="Amblyomma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ixodida" pageId="46" pageNumber="47" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gemma">
<emphasis id="B94B07520F45C745B9AF8C3DB105F8E4" box="[903,1131,1807,1833]" italics="true" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">Amblyomma gemma</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
on the Arabian Peninsula.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B80DB400F45C745BAEF8C01B19FF858" blockId="46.[151,1437,1158,1941]" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">
It is uncertain whether
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<emphasis id="B94B07520F45C745BBE18C01B7C2F880" box="[457,684,1843,1869]" italics="true" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">Amblyomma gemma</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is established in the
<collectingCountry id="F3289BD00F45C745B9BE8C01B1E4F881" box="[918,1162,1843,1869]" name="United Arab Emirates" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">United Arab Emirates</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFAEA6B10F45C745BEB28C01B036F881" author="Khan, A. S. &amp; Maupin, G. O. &amp; Rollin, P. E. &amp; Noor, A. M. &amp; Shurie, H. H. &amp; Shalabi, A. G. A. &amp; Wasef, S. &amp; Haddad, Y. M. &amp; Sadek, R. &amp; Ijaz, K. &amp; Peters, C. J." box="[1178,1368,1843,1869]" pageId="46" pageNumber="47" pagination="519 - 525" refId="ref217211" refString="Khan, A. S., Maupin, G. O., Rollin, P. E., Noor, A. M., Shurie, H. H., Shalabi, A. G. A., Wasef, S., Haddad, Y. M., Sadek, R., Ijaz, K. &amp; Peters, C. J. (1997) An outbreak of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever in the United Arab Emirates, 1994 - 1995. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Kygiene, 57, 519 - 525. https: // doi. org / 10.4269 / ajtmh. 1997.57.519" type="journal article" year="1997">
Khan
<emphasis id="B94B07520F45C745BEF58C01B07BF881" box="[1245,1301,1843,1869]" italics="true" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">et al.</emphasis>
1997
</bibRefCitation>
). This tick has been found in
<collectingCountry id="F3289BD00F45C745BBB38C65B48FF8BD" box="[411,481,1879,1905]" name="Egypt" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">Egypt</collectingCountry>
, but it is not established in that country, according to
<bibRefCitation id="EFAEA6B10F45C745BE6B8C65B07BF8BD" author="Okely, M. &amp; Anan, R. &amp; Gad-Allah, S. &amp; Samy, A. M." box="[1091,1301,1879,1905]" pageId="46" pageNumber="47" pagination="333 - 351" refId="ref238376" refString="Okely, M., Anan, R., Gad-Allah, S. &amp; Samy, A. M. (2021) Hard ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) infesting domestic animals in Egypt: diagnostic characters and a taxonomic key to the collected species. Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 35, 333 - 351. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / mve. 12502" type="journal article" year="2021">
Okely
<emphasis id="B94B07520F45C745BEA78C65B1A7F8BD" box="[1167,1225,1879,1905]" italics="true" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">et al.</emphasis>
(2021
</bibRefCitation>
,
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). The
<collectingCountry id="F3289BD00F45C745BABF8C49B4E2F859" box="[151,396,1915,1941]" name="United Arab Emirates" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">United Arab Emirates</collectingCountry>
and
<collectingCountry id="F3289BD00F45C745BBEA8C49B76BF859" box="[450,517,1915,1941]" name="Egypt" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">Egypt</collectingCountry>
are provisionally excluded from the range of
<emphasis id="B94B07520F45C745BE2E8C49B19FF858" box="[1030,1265,1915,1941]" italics="true" pageId="46" pageNumber="47">
<taxonomicName id="4C3FA0C30F45C745BE2E8C49B180F858" box="[1030,1262,1915,1941]" class="Arachnida" family="Ixodidae" genus="Amblyomma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ixodida" pageId="46" pageNumber="47" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gemma">Amblyomma gemma</taxonomicName>
.
</emphasis>
</paragraph>
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