The Genera Boophilus Rhipicephalus and Haemaphysalis (Ixodidae ...

Rhipicephalus Koch, p. 238. Original description.
1844.
Phantoixodes Berlese, p. 289.
1889.
Rhipicephalus Koch: Neumann, p. 384.
1897.
Rhipicephalus Koch: Salmon and Stiles, p. 415. Description, bibliography,
1901.
synonymy.
and
Rhipicephalua Koch: Banks, p. 34. Description.
1908.
Rhipicephcdus Koch: Nuttall and Warburton, p. 122. Description and figures.
1911.
Rhipicephclus Koch: Mackie et al., p. 536.
1945.
inornate, with eyes and festoons. Sexual dimorphism slight.
Usually
and median postanal grooves present. Males with adanal shields
Anal
anterior portion (in front of the :lateral points) not emarginated
with
Palpi short, articulation between 1 and 2 movable, between 2 and
laterally.
slightly movable. In dorsal view, article 1 either visible or not; in
3
view, 1 distinct as a subtriangular plate. Coxa I bifid, deeply
ventral
Male caudal process present or absent. Spiracular plate bluntly
divided.
elongate comma-shaped.
or
(1911, p.
Neumann
present in Curacao, Cuba, Haiti, and Vera Cruz. This species,
as
size and by other features, is readily separated from R.
greater
and it is surprising that bursa has not been reported again by
san#uineus
R. bursa is present in many countries in the Mediterranean
collectors.
and includes among its hosts cow, horse, sheep, hog, and dog.
area,
a tick could have been introduced easily into the New World by
Such
shipment of domestic animals. However, because of the absence of
the
and the lack of additional evidence of its occurrence in the
specimens
Hemisphere, the species is not included in this paper.
Western
GENUS RHIPICEPHALUS KOCH, 1844
and usually a pair of accessory shields.
Basis capituli usually hexagonal
Genotype: Rhipcephalus sanguineus
(Latreille).
38) mentions Rhipicephalus bursa Can. and Fanz.
by its
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