Rhipicephalus microplus

Taxonomic position
▼ Rhipicephalus (genus) ▼ Ixodidae ▼ Ixodida ▼ Arachnida (ticks + parasitic mites) ▼ Veterinary/medical pests ► Pests-diseases-weeds

Literature database
502 articles sorted by:
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Rhipicephalus microplus female (left) and male (right) (click on image to enlarge it)
Author(s): Alan R. Walker
Source: Wikimedia Commons

Rhipicephalus microplus Canestrini, 1888 - southern cattle tick
is an important and wide-spread livestock pest in tropical and subtropical regions. It is a vector of various cattle diseases. Most importantly it transmits bovine babesiosis caused by Babesia bovis which frequently results in fatal infections of immunologically naive hosts.

For details see the respective page in Wikipedia.

Synonyms:
Boophilus microplus

Vernacular names
• English:	southern cattle tick cattle fever tick

The literature database currently contains 502 publications for Rhipicephalus microplus. (See box above/on left.)