25. Amblyomma cohaerens D ö nitz, 1909 .

Afrotropical: 1) Angola, 2) Burundi, 3) Democratic Republic of the Congo, 4) Ethiopia, 5) Kenya, 6) Rwanda, 7) South Sudan, 8) Tanzania, 9) Uganda (Theiler 1962, Yeoman & Walker 1967, Pegram et al. 1981, Keirans 1985 b, Walker & Olwage 1987, Kolonin 2009, ElGhali & Hassan 2012, Olivieri et al. 2021).

Guglielmone et al. (2020) discussed the problems associated with the identification of Amblyomma cohaerens, stressing morphological discrepancies among authors who have redescribed this tick, which has been widely confused with several other species of African Amblyomma . Hoogstraal (1956a) and Matthysse & Colbo (1987) stated that the females of Amblyomma cohaerens and Amblyomma splendidum are morphologically indistinguishable, noting also that this tick has been confused with Amblyomma astrion and Amblyomma hebraeum . Morel (2003) separated Amblyomma astrion, Amblyomma cohaerens and Amblyomma splendidum based on ecological considerations rather than morphological characters. Consequently, collection data concerning Amblyomma cohaerens, Amblyomma astrion and Amblyomma splendidum should be considered provisional.

The presence of Amblyomma cohaerens in Angola is based on Keirans (1985b), who re-identified as Amblyomma cohaerens a male tick collected in that country and previously classified as Amblyomma astrion .