Rhipicentor

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Rhipicentor
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Ixodida
Family: Ixodidae
Subfamily: Rhipicephalinae
Genus: Rhipicentor
Nuttall & Warburton, 1908
Type species
Rhipicentor bicornis
Nuttall & Warburton, 1908
host unknown, North Nyassa (Malawi)

Rhipicentor is an African genus of hard ticks. [1] The genus parasitises a range of domestic and sylvatic Carnivora and Mammalia hosts. [2] The genus forms part of the Rhipicephalinae subfamily, along with Dermacentor , Margaropus , Rhipicephalus, Hyalomma and Nosomma . [3] There are no records of Rhipicentor human parasitism, but R. nuttalli can cause tick paralysis in dogs. [2]

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Species

Etymology

The name "Rhipicentor" is a portmanteau. In their description of the genus, Nuttall and Warburton commented that Rhipicentor ticks resemble Rhipicephalus dorsally, and Dermacentor ventrally, inspiring the name.

References

  1. 1 2 Nuttall, G.H.F, & Warburton, C. (1908). On a new genus of Ixodoidea together with a description of eleven new species of ticks. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. Mathematical and Physical Sciences, 14, 392-416.
  2. 1 2 Guglielmone, Alberto A; Petney, Trevor N; Robbins, Richard G (2020-11-05). "Ixodidae (Acari: Ixodoidea): descriptions and redescriptions of all known species from 1758 to December 31, 2019" . Zootaxa (Monograph). 4871 (1). Auckland: Magnolia Press: 1–322. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4871.1.1. eISSN   1175-5326. ISBN   9781776880881. OCLC   8837433568. PMID   33311340.
  3. ↑ Barker, Stephen C.; Kelava, Samuel; Mans, Ben J.; Apanaskevich, Dmitry A.; Seeman, Owen D.; Gofton, Alexander; Shao, Renfu; Teo, Ernest J. M.; Evasco, Kimberley L.; Soennichsen, Kari F.; Barker, Dayana; Nakao, Ryo (2024-02-12). "The first cryptic genus of Ixodida, Cryptocroton n. gen. for Amblyomma papuanum Hirst, 1914: a tick of North Queensland, Australia, and Papua New Guinea". Zootaxa. 5410 (1): 91–111. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5410.1.5. ISSN   1175-5334.
  4. ↑ Cooper, W., Cantab, B., & Robinson, L. (1908). On six new species of ixodidae, including a second species of the new genus rhipicentor N and W. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. Mathematical and Physical Sciences, 14, 457–470.
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