longhorned tick

English

Haemaphysalis longicornis (engorged female, dorsal view)

Noun

longhorned tick (plural longhorned ticks)

1. Any tick of species Haemaphysalis longicornis, native to the Old World, a disease vector among many mammals.

Synonyms

• (Haemaphysalis longicornis): bush tick, cattle tick, Asian longhorned tick, Asian tick

See also

• theileriosis
• Lyme disease
• spotted fever group (Rickettsia)
• Ehrlichia chaffeensis
• Anaplasma bovis
• Tick-borne encephalitis virus
• Powassan virus
• Khasan virus
• Japanese spotted fever
• severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS)

References

• longhorned tick on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Haemaphysalis longicornis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Haemaphysalis longicornis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons