Rhipicephalus microplus (Canestrini, 1888)

Ma, Min, Li, Sheng-Cai & Fan, Qing-Hai, 2015, Mites and ticks (Acari) in Shanxi Province, China: an annotated checklist, Zootaxa 4006 (1), pp. 1-39 : 7

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4006.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:1C01A84B-7183-4577-96F6-67E415FD25DD

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6104620

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03AD893F-FFB9-FFAA-78B9-FBBEBB4CFA4C

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Plazi

scientific name

Rhipicephalus microplus (Canestrini, 1888)
status

 

22. Rhipicephalus microplus (Canestrini, 1888) View in CoL

Host/Habitat. Bos taurus View in CoL (cattle), Bubalus bubalis View in CoL (buffalo), Canis familiaris View in CoL (dog), Capra hircus View in CoL (goat), Cervus unicolor View in CoL (deer), Equus caballus View in CoL (horse), Naemorhedus goral View in CoL ( goral View in CoL ), Ovis aries View in CoL (sheep), Sus scrofa domesticus (pig).

Distribution. Changzhi, Huguan, Wenxi, Yangcheng, Yongji ( Liu et al. 2005); Ruicheng, Yuanqu, Yuncheng (Yang et al. 1997); Xiaxian (Wang et al. 1985; Yang et al. 1997; Liu et al. 2005); Shanxi ( Teng 1978; Teng & Jiang 1991; Zhang et al. 1991; Liu et al. 1996).

Remarks. This species has long been included in the genus Boophilus ( Teng 1978; Tian 1980; Teng & Jiang 1991; Liu et al. 1996; Yang et al. 1997; Liu et al. 2005). Zhang et al. (1991) recorded it as Boophilus caudatus (Neumann, 1897) which is now a junior synonym of Rhipicephalus microplus ( Guglielmone et al. 2010) .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Ixodida

Family

Ixodidae

Genus

Rhipicephalus

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