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)

Last updated October 04, 2025

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

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.

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[:0-1] 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.

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