Tags: Arachnid.

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.The Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever virus has also been detected in ticks of this type removed from migratory birds in Morocco.

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class
Arachnid, Acari
family
Ixodidae, Hyalomminae
genus
Hyalomma
kingdom
Animal
order
Tick, Parasitiformes
phylum
Arthropod

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