The Genus Rhipicephalus (Acari, Ixodidae): A Guide to the Brown Ticks of the WorldTicks in the genus Rhipicephalus include many important vectors of animal and human pathogens, but many species are notoriously difficult to identify, particularly as immature stages. This reference volume provides identification keys for adult ticks from the Afrotropical regions and elsewhere. For the nymphs and larvae, unique plates have been compiled in which line drawings of the capitula of similar species are grouped together to facilitate identification. Brief well-illustrated descriptions of the known stages of every species are given, plus information on their hosts, distribution, and disease relationships. Tables providing data on host/parasite relationships and disease transmission are also included, making this the definitive reference source on this group for all those interested in acarology, veterinary or medical parasitology and entomology for many years to come. |
Contents
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Rhipicephalus species occurring in the Afrotropical region | 40 |
Accounts of individual species occurring in the Afrotropical region
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Hostparasite list for the Afrotropical Rhipicephalus species | 491 |
Rhipicephalus species occurring outside the Afrotropical region | 519 |
Accounts of individual species occurring outside the Afrotropical region | 523 |
Hostparasite list for the nonAfrotropical Rhipicephalus species | 585 |
Species groups based on the immature stages | 591 |
The transmission of tickborne diseases of animals and humans by Rhipicephalus species | 610 |
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Common terms and phrases
adults African buffalo Anastos appendiculatus bars represent 0.10 Basis capituli breadth ranging broad as long broader than long capensis capitulum Capitulum broader cattle cervical fields Cervical pits Congo conscutum coxae Eastern Cape Province edged dorsally evertsi evertsi external cervical margins external spur Eyes at widest genital aperture Greater kudu haemaphysaloides Hoogstraal Horak immature stages including immatures including nymphs ixodid ticks Ixodidae Ixodoidea journal of Veterinary Keirans Kenya laboratory reared large setiferous punctations larvae lateral angles length x breadth longer than broad lunulatus M.D. Corwin Marginal lines Morel Neumann Norval Notes on identification Number of records nymphs Olwage Onderstepoort Onderstepoort journal Oreotragus Palps Parasites Parasitology Pegram Phacochoerus porose areas posterior margin posterolateral grooves Posteromedian Potamochoerus praetextatus pravus pulchellus Santos Dias Scale bars represent scapulae Scrub hare scutum SEMs by M.D. simus slightly South Africa species specimens spiracle Syncerus tapering Theiler ticks Tragelaphus turanicus unconfirmed Ventrally coxae Veterinary Research Wild animals