Amblyomma maculatum
Koch, 1844 · speciesAt a glance
Sources10 archives
Databases and archives Amblyomma maculatum's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation4 languages↗
Animal Diversity WebUniv. of Michigan MZspecies account↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility2 163 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI34 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics40 specimens↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinegenome & karyotype↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Amblyomma maculatum (Gulf Coast tick ) is a species of tick in the genus Amblyomma. Immatures usually infest small mammals and birds that dwell on the ground; cotton rats may be particularly favored hosts.Clark et al., 2001, pp. 1383–1384 Some recorded hosts include: Geothlypis trichas Cardinalis cardinalisWilson and Durden, 2003, table 1 Passerina ciris Sialia sialis Thryothorus ludovicianus Troglodytes aedon Zonotrichia albicollis Dog (Canis lupus familiaris) Dama damaWilson and Durden, 2003, table 5 Human (Homo sapiens)Wilson and Durden, 2003, table 2 Eastern woodrat (Neotoma floridana)Clark et al., 2001, table III Odocoileus virginianus Marsh rice rat (Oryzomys palustris)Clark et al., 2001, p. 1381 Cotton mouse (Peromyscus gossypinus)Clark et al., 2001, table II Hispid cotton rat (Sigmodon hispidus)Clark et al., 2001, table IV Pig (Sus scrofa) Sylvilagus palustrisWilson and Durden, 2003, table 4 In 2013, the infectious agent of American tick bite fever, Rickettsia parkeri was detected in a female A. maculatum collected at Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge, near Smyrna, Delaware, providing the first evidence of association of this pathogen of humans with this species of tick in the state.David A. Florin, Ju Jiang, Richard G. Robbins & Allen L. Richards. 2013. Infection of the Gulf Coast tick, Amblyomma maculatum (Acari: Ixodidae), with Rickettsia parkeri: first report from the State of Delaware. Systematic & Applied Acarology 18(1): 27–29; http://www.acarology.org/saas/saa/saa18/2013-18-027-029f.pdf.
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A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Amblyomma maculatum has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
Besides the big genome in the nucleus, cells carry a small, circular loop of DNA inside the cell's energy factories — the mitochondria. It is inherited almost only from the mother and is a leftover from ancient bacteria that moved into the cell. The mitochondrial markers above (ND*, COX, CYTB…) are read from exactly this loop. Outer ring = one strand, inner ring = the other.
The complete instruction manual Amblyomma maculatum carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is
Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).
Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged
2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.
2n 223×GoaT · Animal Chromosome Counts Database · GoaT · Animal Genome Size Database
Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers
Assembly level tells you how finished the sequence is — from fragmented contigs, through scaffolds, up to a full chromosome-level assembly. BUSCO % estimates completeness: the share of genes expected to be present that were actually found. These describe the data quality, not the organism.
Record type2 163 records
Range
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions8 of 14 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Harold Winfred Manter Laboratory of Parasitologylocation not on record | 54 |
| Ohio State University Acarology Laboratory, Columbus, OH (OSAL)location not on record | 24 |
| Lubbock, US | 13 |
| Tempe, US | 9 |
| Champaign, US | 4 |
| Mexico City, MX | 4 |
| Denver, US | 4 |
| Cambridge, US | 3 |
| Essig Museum of Entomologylocation not on record | 2 |
| Texas Memorial Museum, Texas Natural History Collectionlocation not on record | 2 |
| New Haven, US | 2 |
| Universidad de Caldas (UCaldas)location not on record | 2 |
| University of Guelph, Centre for Biodiversity Genomicslocation not on record | 1 |
| Provo, US | 1 |
Where the DNA of Amblyomma maculatum was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Where its DNA was found
How strong is each trace?
Modelled climatemodelled
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.