Rhipicephalus microplus (Canestrini, 1888)

Petney, Trevor N., Boulanger, Nathalie, Saijuntha, Weerachai, Chitimia-Dobler, Lidia, Pfeffer, Martin, Eamudomkarn, Chatanun, Andrews, Ross H., Ahamad, Mariana, Putthasorn, Noppadon, Muders, Senta V., Petney, David A. & Robbins, Richard G., 2019, Ticks (Argasidae, Ixodidae) and tick-borne diseases of continental Southeast Asia, Zootaxa 4558 (1), pp. 1-89 : 35

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4558.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:71232906-9C90-4A6E-B893-83AC1574C8CA

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4542067

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DD87C4-FFFA-FFD5-1EFC-DF3EFCD5FA43

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Rhipicephalus microplus (Canestrini, 1888)
status

 

Rhipicephalus microplus (Canestrini, 1888) View in CoL

Studies are urgently needed to determine whether this is a species complex ( Estrada-Peña et al. 2012). Recently, Roy et al. (2018) showed that the complex contains at least 5 taxa including R. annulatus , R. australis , and R. microplus clades A-C, with ticks from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Myanmar being assigned to clade C. These authors stress the high level of morphological variation present in these taxa and indicate that additional morphological, genomic and cross-breeding studies are needed to determine species status.

Rhipicephalus microplus View in CoL is a cattle parasite with a one-host life cycle. It is thought to have originated in the Indian subregion but has been introduced into many parts of the world, including other parts of Asia, with its hosts (Hoogstraal 1985b). It was previously placed in the genus Boophilus until this was reduced to a subgenus within Rhipicephalus View in CoL ( Beati and Keirans 2001; Murrell and Barker 2003). An attempt to clarify the taxonomic situation in the subgenus Boophilus ( Hoogstraal 1956) showed that the Asian species had been variously referred to as B. annulatus View in CoL , B. annulatus var. australis View in CoL , B. australis View in CoL , B. distans View in CoL , B. krigjsmani , B. longiscutatus View in CoL and B. rotundiscutatus View in CoL (at the time Boophilus had generic status; Minning 1934; Anastos 1950). Estrada-Peña et al. (2012) showed that R. australis View in CoL is a good species known to be present in Australia, New Caledonia, Borneo, the Philippines, Sumatra, Java, New Guinea, Cambodia, and Tahiti. It is possible that R. australis View in CoL and R. microplus View in CoL may both be found sympatrically in Southeast Asia, although evidence for this is not available. Rhipicephalus microplus View in CoL sensu lato is the most common cattle tick in continental Southeast Asia, occurring throughout the region wherever cattle are found, although it can also occur on other domestic stock (Rajamanikan 1968; Petney and Keirans 1996b). The record of Kolonin (1995) from banteng ( Bos javanicus View in CoL ) in an area of virgin forest in Vietnam well away from settlements should be further investigated to determine its validity. In continental Southeast Asia R. microplus View in CoL occurs in Cambodia, Lao PDR, peninsular Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam ( Petney and Keirans 1996b).

All life history stages are illustrated in Yamaguti et al. (1971).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Ixodida

Family

Ixodidae

Genus

Rhipicephalus

Loc

Rhipicephalus microplus (Canestrini, 1888)

Petney, Trevor N., Boulanger, Nathalie, Saijuntha, Weerachai, Chitimia-Dobler, Lidia, Pfeffer, Martin, Eamudomkarn, Chatanun, Andrews, Ross H., Ahamad, Mariana, Putthasorn, Noppadon, Muders, Senta V., Petney, David A. & Robbins, Richard G. 2019
2019
Loc

B. distans

Minning 1934
1934
Loc

B. longiscutatus

Minning 1934
1934
Loc

B. rotundiscutatus

Minning 1934
1934
Loc

B. annulatus var. australis

Neumann 1901
1901
Loc

B. australis

Fuller 1899
1899
Loc

R. australis

Fuller 1899
1899
Loc

R. australis

Fuller 1899
1899
Loc

Boophilus

Curtice 1891
1891
Loc

Boophilus

Curtice 1891
1891
Loc

Rhipicephalus

Koch 1844
1844
Loc

Bos javanicus

d'Alton 1823
1823
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