A genus of ornate, hard ticks (family Ixodidae) characterized by having eyes, festoons, and deeply imbedded ventral plates near the festoons in males.
Origin
[ambly- + G. omma, eye, vision]
Amblyomma americanum
Amblyomma cajennense
Amblyomma hebraeum
Amblyomma maculatum
Amblyomma variegatum