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title: "Mediterranean Hyalomma"
description: "Hyalomma marginatum — Insecten en spinnen. Hyalomma marginatum is a hard-bodied tick found on birds including the pale crag martin."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/mediterranean-hyalomma
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Mediterranean Hyalomma

> Hyalomma marginatum — Insecten en spinnen. Hyalomma marginatum is a hard-bodied tick found on birds including the pale crag martin.

- Scientific name: *Hyalomma marginatum*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 916
- Wikidata: [Q12270689](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12270689)
- iNaturalist taxon: [605813](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/605813)

## Names

- en: Mediterranean Hyalomma
- fr: Tique à pattes rayées
- pl: Kleszcz wędrowny

## Countries with the most observations

FR (183), ES (122), IT (39), HR (34), PT (34), RU (15), GR (14), TR (13), UA (12), BG (6), IL (5), MA (5)

## Summary

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.
Hyalomma marginatum marginatum is a subspecies.
The subspecies is typically found in northern Africa, southern Europe and some parts of Asia. 
It was also identified in Germany in 2006. It is found in Norway.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyalomma_marginatum

## Photo

![Mediterranean Hyalomma](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/mediterranean-hyalomma/medium.jpg)

Photo: Crebassa Jason · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/282488239

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/mediterranean-hyalomma?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).