Rhipicephalus microplus

The Asian blue tick (Rhipicephalus microplus) is an economically important tick that parasitises a variety of livestock species.[1] It is known as the Australian cattle tick, southern cattle tick, Cuban tick, Madagascar blue tick, and Porto Rican Texas fever tick.[2]

Rhipicephalus microplus
female and male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Ixodida
Family:	Ixodidae
Genus:	Rhipicephalus
Subgenus:	Boophilus
Species:	R. microplus
Binomial name
Rhipicephalus microplus (Canestrini, 1888)
Synonyms
Boophilus annulatus australis Lahille, 1905 Boophilus annulatus calcaratus Sharif, 1928 Boophilus annulatus caudatus Lahille, 1905 Boophilus annulatus microdus Arnold, 1935 (misapplied name) Boophilus annulatus microplus Lahille, 1905 Boophilus australis Stiles & Hassall, 1901 Boophilus caudatus Lahille, 1905 Boophilus intraoculatus Minning, 1936 Boophilus microplus Lahille, 1905 Boophilus microplus annulatus Floch, 1956 Boophilus (Margaropus) annulatus australis Toumanoff, 1944 Boophilus (Palpoboophilus) minningi Kishida, 1936 Boophilus (Uroboophilus) caudatus Minning, 1934 Boophilus (Uroboophilus) cyclops Minning, 1934 Boophilus (Uroboophilus) distans Minning, 1934 Boophilus (Uroboophilus) fallax Minning, 1934 Boophilus (Uroboophilus) krijgsmani Minning, 1934 Boophilus (Uroboophilus) longiscutatus Minning, 1934 Boophilus (Uroboophilus) microplus Minning, 1934 Boophilus (Uroboophilus) rotundiscutatus Minning, 1934 Boophilus (Uroboophilus) sharifi Minning, 1934 Haemaphysalis micropla Canestrini, 1888 Ixodes australis Ruotsalainen, 1903 (misapplied name) Margaropus annulatus argentinus Castellani & Chalmers, 1910 Margaropus annulatus australis Newstead, 1909 Margaropus annulatus caudatus Neumann, 1911 Margaropus annulatus mexicanus Macias Valadez, 1923 Margaropus annulatus microphilus Castellani & Chalmers, 1919 Margaropus annulatus microplus Rohr, 1909 Margaropus australis Manson, 1907 Margaropus caudatus Castellani & Chalmers, 1910 Margaropus microphilus Castellani & Chalmers, 1910 (misapplied name) Margaropus micropla Neumann, 1911 Margaropus microplus Hunter & Hooker, 1907 Palpoboophilus brachyuris Kishida, 1939 Palpoboophilus minningi Kishida, 1939 Rhipicaphalus annulatus caudatus Neumann, 1897 Rhipicaphalus australis Fuller, 1899 Rhipicephalus annulatus argentinensis Neumann, 1901 Rhipicephalus annulatus argentinus Neumann, 1901 Rhipicephalus annulatus australis Neumann, 1901 Rhipicephalus annulatus caudatus Neumann, 1901 Rhipicephalus annulatus microplus Neumann, 1901 Rhipicephalus annulatus microplus Neumann, 1901 Rhipicephalus caudatus Fuller, 1899 Rhipicephalus microplus Canestrini, 1890 Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) argentinus Neumann, 1904 Uroboophilus australis Kishida, 1939 Uroboophilus caudatus Kishida, 1939 Uroboophilus cyclops Schulze, 1936 Uroboophilus distans Schulze, 1935 Uroboophilus fallax Kishida, 1939 Uroboophilus indicus Minning, 1936 Uroboophilus krijgsmani Kishida, 1939 Uroboophilus longiscutatus Kishida, 1939 Uroboophilus microplus Kishida, 1939 Uroboophilus occidentalis Minning, 1936 Uroboophilus rotundiscutatus Kishida, 1939 Uroboophilus sharifi Kishida, 1939 Uroboophilus sinensis Schulze, 1935

Parasitism

It has been recorded on "cattle, buffalo, horses, donkeys, goats, sheep, deer, pigs, dogs, buffalo and some wild animals".[1]

Distribution

Nearly a cosmopolitan species, Asian blue tick is found in Costa Rica, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Cote D'Ivoire, Cuba, Dominica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Ethiopia, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Guam, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Jamaica, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Martinique, Mexico, Montserrat, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam, Virgin Islands (U.S.), Zambia and Zimbabwe.[3]

Tick populations in Australia once thought to belong to R. microplus are now recognized to belong to R. australis, which was reinstated as a sibling species of R. microplus in 2012.[4]

Having formerly been present in the United States, it has since been eradicated there, except for sporadic occurrences in a buffer zone along the Mexican border.[1]

In Louisiana, Governor Ruffin Pleasant in 1917 signed legislation sponsored by freshman State Senator Norris C. Williamson of East Carroll Parish to authorize state funding to eradicate the cattle tick.[5]

Life cycle

It has a one-host lifecycle.

See also

• Ticks of domestic animals

References

1. "Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus. Southern Cattle Tick, Cattle Tick" (PDF). Iowa State University. February 20, 2007. Retrieved November 7, 2010.
2. "Species Details : Rhipicephalus microplus Canestrini, 1888". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
3. "Rhipicephalus spp". Tick importance - disease transmission. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
4. Estrada-Peña, A., J. M. Venzal, S. Nava, A. Mangold, A. A. Guglielmone, M. B. Labruna, and J. D. L. Fuente. 2012. Reinstatement of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) australis (Acari: Ixodidae) with redescription of the adult and larval stages. Journal of Medical Entomology 49:794-802.
5. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, April 1918, p. 639. Ithaca, New York: American Veterinary Medical Association, 1918. 1918. Retrieved July 25, 2013.

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External links

• A revision of two distinct species of Rhipicephalus: R. microplus and R. australis

1. La especie Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus (Acari-Ixodidae) Canestrini, 1888 conocida comúnmente como la garrapata común del bovino, es sin dudas la más dañina de las garrapatas y el más dañino de los ectoparásitos, que afectan al ganado bovino, ya que provoca daños en la piel, anemias, baja condición física, alteraciones reproductivas, decrecimiento en la producción de leche y carne, mortalidad de los animales y parálisis. Además es agente transmisor de hemoparásitos <r<NCBI. National Center for Biotechnology Information. NCBI Taxonomy browser https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/taxonomy/?term=ixodidae.></Barker, S. Murrel, A. 2008. Systematics and evolution of ticks with a list of valid genus and species names. Ticks: Biology disease and control Eds. A. Bowman y P. Nuttal. Cambridge University Press. 39 p.>Nari, A. 1995. Strategies for the control of one-host ticks and relationship with tick-borne diseases in South America. Veterinary Parasitology. 57:153-165>