Rhipicentor

Rhipicentor
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Ixodida
Family:	Ixodidae
Subfamily:	Rhipicephalinae
Genus:	Rhipicentor; Nuttall & Warburton, 1908
Type species
	Rhipicentor bicornis; Nuttall & Warburton, 1908; host unknown, North Nyassa (Malawi)

Rhipicentor is an African genus of hard ticks.^[1] The genus parasitises a range of domestic and sylvatic Carnivora and Mammalia hosts.^[2] The genus forms part of the Rhipicephalinae subfamily, along with Dermacentor, Margaropus, Rhipicephalus, Hyalomma and Nosomma.^[3] There are no records of Rhipicentor human parasitism, but R. nuttalli can cause tick paralysis in dogs.^[2]

Rhipicentor forms part of the Rhipicephalinae subfamily, in the broader Amblyocephalus clade of the Ixodidae.

Ixodidae

Prostriata	Ixodes

	Hyalomma

	Rhipicephalus

Haematobothrion

	Cryptocroton

	Bothriocroton

	Archaeocroton

	Alloceraea

Haemaphysalis

Ixodidae cladogram after Barker et al., (2024)^[4]

Species

Rhipicentor bicornis Nuttall & Warburton, 1908^[1]
Rhipicentor nuttalli Cooper, Cantab & Robinson, 1908^[5]

Etymology

The name "Rhipicentor" is a portmanteau. In their description of the genus, Nuttall and Warburton commented that Rhipicentor ticks resemble Rhipicephalus dorsally, and Dermacentor ventrally, inspiring the name.

References

^ ^a ^b Nuttall, G.H.F, & Warburton, C. (1908). On a new genus of Ixodoidea together with a description of eleven new species of ticks. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. Mathematical and Physical Sciences, 14, 392-416.
^ ^a ^b Guglielmone, Alberto A; Petney, Trevor N; Robbins, Richard G (2020-11-05). "Ixodidae (Acari: Ixodoidea): descriptions and redescriptions of all known species from 1758 to December 31, 2019". Zootaxa (Monograph). 4871 (1). Auckland: Magnolia Press: 1–322. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4871.1.1. eISSN 1175-5326. ISBN 9781776880881. OCLC 8837433568. PMID 33311340.
^ Barker, Stephen C.; Kelava, Samuel; Mans, Ben J.; Apanaskevich, Dmitry A.; Seeman, Owen D.; Gofton, Alexander; Shao, Renfu; Teo, Ernest J. M.; Evasco, Kimberley L.; Soennichsen, Kari F.; Barker, Dayana; Nakao, Ryo (2024-02-12). "The first cryptic genus of Ixodida, Cryptocroton n. gen. for Amblyomma papuanum Hirst, 1914: a tick of North Queensland, Australia, and Papua New Guinea". Zootaxa. 5410 (1): 91–111. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5410.1.5. ISSN 1175-5334.
^ Barker, Stephen C.; Kelava, Samuel; Mans, Ben J.; Apanaskevich, Dmitry A.; Seeman, Owen D.; Gofton, Alexander; Shao, Renfu; Teo, Ernest J. M.; Evasco, Kimberley L.; Soennichsen, Kari F.; Barker, Dayana; Nakao, Ryo (2024-02-12). "The first cryptic genus of Ixodida, Cryptocroton n. gen. for Amblyomma papuanum Hirst, 1914: a tick of North Queensland, Australia, and Papua New Guinea". Zootaxa. 5410 (1): 91–111. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5410.1.5. ISSN 1175-5334.
^ Cooper, W., Cantab, B., & Robinson, L. (1908). On six new species of ixodidae, including a second species of the new genus rhipicentor N and W. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. Mathematical and Physical Sciences, 14, 457–470.

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[:1-1] Nuttall, G.H.F, & Warburton, C. (1908). On a new genus of Ixodoidea together with a description of eleven new species of ticks. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. Mathematical and Physical Sciences, 14, 392-416.

[Guglielmone-2] Guglielmone, Alberto A; Petney, Trevor N; Robbins, Richard G (2020-11-05). "Ixodidae (Acari: Ixodoidea): descriptions and redescriptions of all known species from 1758 to December 31, 2019". Zootaxa (Monograph). 4871 (1). Auckland: Magnolia Press: 1–322. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4871.1.1. eISSN 1175-5326. ISBN 9781776880881. OCLC 8837433568. PMID 33311340.

[3] Barker, Stephen C.; Kelava, Samuel; Mans, Ben J.; Apanaskevich, Dmitry A.; Seeman, Owen D.; Gofton, Alexander; Shao, Renfu; Teo, Ernest J. M.; Evasco, Kimberley L.; Soennichsen, Kari F.; Barker, Dayana; Nakao, Ryo (2024-02-12). "The first cryptic genus of Ixodida, Cryptocroton n. gen. for Amblyomma papuanum Hirst, 1914: a tick of North Queensland, Australia, and Papua New Guinea". Zootaxa. 5410 (1): 91–111. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5410.1.5. ISSN 1175-5334.

[4] Barker, Stephen C.; Kelava, Samuel; Mans, Ben J.; Apanaskevich, Dmitry A.; Seeman, Owen D.; Gofton, Alexander; Shao, Renfu; Teo, Ernest J. M.; Evasco, Kimberley L.; Soennichsen, Kari F.; Barker, Dayana; Nakao, Ryo (2024-02-12). "The first cryptic genus of Ixodida, Cryptocroton n. gen. for Amblyomma papuanum Hirst, 1914: a tick of North Queensland, Australia, and Papua New Guinea". Zootaxa. 5410 (1): 91–111. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5410.1.5. ISSN 1175-5334.

[5] Cooper, W., Cantab, B., & Robinson, L. (1908). On six new species of ixodidae, including a second species of the new genus rhipicentor N and W. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. Mathematical and Physical Sciences, 14, 457–470.

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