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Rhipicentor bicornis
Rhipicentor bicornis is a species of hard tick. Found throughout Southern and Central Africa, the species feeds mainly on domestic animals, especially dogs, but is also found on wild dogs, cats, and raccoons.
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Description
Rhipicentor are large ticks, especially when engorged. They are inornate, with a short hypostome and palps. They have eyes, and distinct festoons. Coxae I and IV have very long external and internal spurs, close in coxa I and separated in coxa IV. In males, coxa IV is greatly enlarged.
Wikipedia: “Morphology”
What it does
Rhipicentor bicornis is present in Southern Africa - in Northern South Africa (Transvaal region), Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe, and widely in Central Africa. Domestic dogs and cattle are the primary adult hosts, but the species is also known from wild canids such as foxes and jackals, and wild felids such as cheetahs, leopards, lions and servals.
Wikipedia: “Ecology and parasitism”
In human culture
Rhipicentor bicornis is the type species of Rhipicentor. It is one of two species of Rhipicentor, the other being Rhipicentor nuttalli. The name "bicornis" means 'two-horned', and likely refers to the highly salient paired cornua (horns) on the female capitulum. It may also refer to the large paired coxal spurs on coxae I and IV.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Systematics and etymology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 687592.