Hyalomma marginatum is a hard-bodied tick found on birds including the pale crag martin. This tick has been implicated in the transmission of Bahig virus, a pathogenic arbovirus previously thought to be transmitted only by mosquitoes.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Ixodida |
| Family: | Ixodidae |
| Genus: | Hyalomma |
| Species: | H. marginatum
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| Hyalomma marginatum Koch, 1844
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The Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever virus has also been detected in ticks of this type removed from migratory birds in Morocco.[2]
Hyalomma marginatum marginatum is a subspecies.[3] The subspecies is typically found in northern Africa, southern Europe and some parts of Asia. It was also identified in Germany in 2006.[4] It is found in Norway.[5]
References
edit- ^ Converse, James D; Hoogstraal, Harry; Moussa, M I; Stek, M; Kaiser, Makram N (1974). "Bahig virus (Tete group) in naturally- and transovarially-infected Hyalomma marginalum ticks from Egypt and Italy". Archiv für die Gesamte Virusforschung. 46 (1–2): 29–35. doi:10.1007/BF01240201. PMID 4441433. S2CID 35506328.
- ^ Palomar, AM; Portillo A; Santibáñez P; Mazuelas D; Arizaga J; Crespo A; et al. (Feb 2013). "Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus in Ticks from Migratory Birds, Morocco". Emerg Infect Dis. 19 (2): 260–3. doi:10.3201/eid1902.121193. PMC 3559059. PMID 23347801.
- ^ "Hyalomma (Hyalomma) marginatum subsp. marginatum Koch, 1844. Fauna Europaea".
- ^ Helge Kampen; Wolfgang Poltz; Kathrin Hartelt; Roman Wölfel; Michael Faulde (19 October 2007). "Detection of a questing Hyalomma marginatum marginatum adult female (Acari, Ixodidae) in southern Germany". Experimental and Applied Acarology. 43 (3): 227–231. doi:10.1007/S10493-007-9113-Y. ISSN 0168-8162. PMID 17952610. Wikidata Q39118322.
- ^ "Hyalomma marginatum marginatum". Invasive Species Compendium (ISC). CABI (Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International). 2019-12-10. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
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