Wallaby tick

An Australian hard tick associated especially with wallabies and other marsupials, with veterinary relevance where it infests cattle.

Common on wallabies and other marsupials; cattle may also be infested.

Reported principally in eastern coastal Australia, including southeast Queensland and New South Wales.

Species-level confirmation should use appropriate morphological keys and, where necessary, expert examination. Photographs, host and location alone may be insufficient.

Identification requires the complete combination of family, genus and species-level morphological characters.

Use authoritative comparative keys; do not rely on colour, size, host or geography as a single diagnostic feature.

Photographs alone cannot always confirm this species.

Adult males and females differ in dorsal shield coverage and feeding-related expansion; confirm stage and sex using an appropriate key.

Egg, larva, nymph and adult stages are present; host-use pattern is species-specific.

Seasonal activity varies geographically and should be interpreted from local surveillance.

Reported principally in eastern coastal Australia, including southeast Queensland and New South Wales.

Experimental and field evidence supports involvement with Theileria orientalis/buffeli in cattle. This is veterinary evidence and not a claim of human disease transmission.

Common on wallabies and other marsupials; cattle may also be infested.

Experimental and field evidence supports involvement with Theileria orientalis/buffeli in cattle. This is veterinary evidence and not a claim of human disease transmission.

Human-health relevance is stated only where governed evidence supports human biting or transmission; otherwise no human-vector claim is made.

Veterinary relevance is based on documented host use, livestock exposure and separately cited transmission evidence.

Use habitat-appropriate tick avoidance, animal inspection and veterinary-led control.

Remove attached ticks promptly using evidence-based guidance and seek medical or veterinary advice when indicated.