Genus Hyalomma

Hyalomma ticks are found in nearly all provinces of Pakistan. Among these ticks, Hy. anatolicum Koch, 1844, is the most prevalent species and has been reported from several hosts. Hyalomma schulzei Olenev, 1931, and Hyalomma turanicum Pomerantzev, 1946, were the least reported species in literature as well as in the present study. In Pakistan, 12 Hyalomma species have been reported on various hosts: Hyalomma aegyptium (Linnaeus, 1758), Hy. anatolicum, Hyalomma asiaticum Schulze and Schlottke, 1930, Hyalomma brevipunctata Sharif, 1928, Hyalomma dromedarii Koch, 1844, Hyalomma hussaini Sharif, 1928, Hyalomma impeltatum Schulze and Schlottke, 1930, Hyalomma isaaci Sharif, 1928, Hyalomma kumari Sharif, 1928, Hy. schulzei, Hyalomma scupense Schulze, 1919, and Hy. turanicum (Fig. 24) (Kaiser & Hoogstraal 1964; McCarthy 1967; Begum et al. 1970b; Apanaskevich et al. 2008, 2009, 2010; Apanaskevich & Horak 2008, 2009, 2010; Karim et al. 2017; Rehman et al. 2017; Ali et al. 2019, 2020, 2021; Kasi et al. 2020; Ghafar et al. 2020b; Kamran et al. 2021; Alam et al. 2022; Khan Z et al. 2022; Zeb et al. 2022; Hussain et al. 2023; Ullah S et al. 2023, 2024; Aneela et al. 2023; Tila et al. 2023; Shehla et al. 2023; Khan M et al. 2023). Our tick collections confirmed the presence of eight Hyalomma species: Hy. anatolicum, Hy. asiaticum, Hy. dromedarii, Hy. isaaci, Hy. kumari, Hy. schulzei, Hy. scupense, and Hy. turanicum .