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Rhipicephalus sanguineus Latreille 1806

Description

Rhipicephalus sanguineus Latreille, 1806

This common species is mainly associated with domestic dogs. It has been collected in Libreville on dogs (Morel and Vassiliades, 1963; Moubamba, 2006). We also found it, at all stages, on domestic dogs in Franceville.

Rhipicephalus simpsoni Nuttall, 1910

We found adult R. simpsoni, for the first time in Gabon, on the greater cane rat Thryonomys swinderianus in Bighoundou.

Notes

Published as part of Pourrut, X., Emane, K. A., Camicas, J. - L., Leroy, E. & Gonzalez, J. P., 2011, Contribution To The Knowledge Of Ticks (Acarina: Ixodidae) In Gabon, pp. 465-471 in Acarologia 51 (4) on page 469, DOI: 10.1051/acarologia/20112028, http://zenodo.org/record/5398804

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References

  • Morel P. C., Vassiliades G. 1963 - Les Rhipicephalus du groupe sanguineus: especes africaines (Acariens, IxodidOs) - Rev. Elev, MOd. VOt. Pays Trop., 15: 343 - 386.
  • Moubamba D. 2006 - Identification et distribution des especes de tiques (Acari: Ixodidae) qui infestent les chiens a Libreville - Ann. MOd. VOt., 150: 193 - 196.