Rhipicephalus (Boophilus)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ixodoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Subclassis: Acari Superordo: Parasitiformes Ordo: Ixodida Superfamilia: Ixodoidea

Familia: Ixodidae
Genus: Rhipicephalus
Subgenus: Boophilus
Species: R. annulatus – R. decoloratus – R. geigyi – R. kohlsi – R. microplus

Name

Boophilus Curtice, 1891

References

Additional references

• Estrada-Peña, A. & Jongejan, J. 1999. Ticks Feeding on Humans: A Review of Records on Human-Biting Ixodoidea with Special Reference to Pathogen Transmission. Experimental & Applied Acarology 23(9): 685–715. DOI: 10.1023/a:1006241108739 Reference page. 
• Murrell, A. & Barker, S.C. 2003. Synonymy of Boophilus Curtice, 1891 with Rhipicephalus Koch, 1844 (Acari: Ixodidae). Systematic Parasitology 56: 169–172 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 

Links

• Zicha, Ondřej et al. Boophilus Curtice, 1891 – Taxon details on Biological Library (BioLib).

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