Biology:Rhipicentor
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]
Rhipicentor forms part of the Rhipicephalinae subfamily, in the broader Amblyocephalus clade of the Ixodidae.
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| Ixodidae cladogram after Barker et al., (2024)[4] |
Species
- Rhipicentor bicornis Nuttall & Warburton, 1908[1]
- Rhipicentor nuttalli Cooper, Cantab & Robinson, 1908[5]
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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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" (in en). Zootaxa (Auckland: Magnolia Press) 4871 (1): 1–322. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4871.1.1. ISBN 9781776880881. OCLC 8837433568. PMID 33311340. https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4871.1.1.
- ↑ Barker, Stephen C.; Kelava, Samuel; Mans, Ben J.; Apanaskevich, Dmitry A.; Seeman, Owen D.; Gofton, Alexander; Shao, Renfu; Teo, Ernest J. M. et al. (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" (in en). Zootaxa 5410 (1): 91–111. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5410.1.5. ISSN 1175-5334. https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5410.1.5.
- ↑ Barker, Stephen C.; Kelava, Samuel; Mans, Ben J.; Apanaskevich, Dmitry A.; Seeman, Owen D.; Gofton, Alexander; Shao, Renfu; Teo, Ernest J. M. et al. (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" (in en). Zootaxa 5410 (1): 91–111. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5410.1.5. ISSN 1175-5334. https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5410.1.5.
- ↑ 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.
Wikidata ☰ Q6062086 entry
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