Genus Amblyomma

Three species, Amblyomma gervaisi (Lucas, 1847), Amblyomma javanense (Supino, 1897) and Amblyomma pakhtunensis Ali, Khan, Chitimia–Dobler and Mans, 2024, have been reported infesting reptiles in Pakistan (Fig. 10) (McCarthy 1967; Auffenberg & Auffenberg 1990; Ali et al. 2019, 2024b; Khan M et al. 2022). Morphological identification of our tick collections revealed the presence of Am. gervaisi and Am. pakhtunensis .