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Rhipicephalus sanguineus

Rhipicephalus sanguineus

GBIF:181010849

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Descriptions(2)

Aitken et al. (1969) recorded R. sanguineus during their survey of arthropods for natural virus infection. Smith (1974) documented R. sanguineus from dogs.
Basu, A. K., Basu, M., Adesiyun, A. A. (2012): A Review On Ticks (Acari: Ixodoidea: Ixodidae, Argasidae), Associated Pathogens And Diseases Of Trinidad And Tobago. Acarologia 52 (1): 39-50, DOI: 10.1051/acarologia/20122034, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/acarologia/20122034
This tick is known to transmit Ehrlichia canis (canine ehrlichiosis), Babesia vogeli (canine babesiosis), Hepatozoon canis (canine hepatozoonosis), Rickettsia conorii (tick bite fever in humans) (Jongejan and Uilenberg 2004) and also transmits Wad Medani virus in Sudan, East Africa, Asia and Jamaica (Labuda and Nuttall 2004). Distribution: Cosmopolitan
Basu, A. K., Basu, M., Adesiyun, A. A. (2012): A Review On Ticks (Acari: Ixodoidea: Ixodidae, Argasidae), Associated Pathogens And Diseases Of Trinidad And Tobago. Acarologia 52 (1): 39-50, DOI: 10.1051/acarologia/20122034, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/acarologia/20122034

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A Review On Ticks (Acari: Ixodoidea: Ixodidae, Argasidae), Associated Pathogens And Diseases Of Trinidad And Tobago

checklist

This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Basu, A. K., Basu, M., Adesiyun, A. A. (2012): A Review On Ticks (Acari: Ixodoidea: Ixodidae, Argasidae), Associated Pathogens And Diseases Of Trinidad And Tobago. Acarologia 52 (1): 39-50, DOI: 10.1051/acarologia/20122034, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/acarologia/20122034

Basu A K, Basu M, Adesiyun A A, carolina (2012). A Review On Ticks (Acari: Ixodoidea: Ixodidae, Argasidae), Associated Pathogens And Diseases Of Trinidad And Tobago. Plazi.org taxonomic treatments database. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.1051/acarologia/20122034 accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-06-15.

CC0Published 3/30/2012View dataset
GBIF Usage Key
181010849
Dataset Key
af1c13af-ed12-4d49-ba0d-eb5e1886de63
Origin
source
Backbone Key
2183597
Taxon ID
03A4A5115C11F103FE91FD50FDEDFB07.taxon
Last Crawled
6/10/2026
Last Interpreted
6/10/2026