Rhipicephalus bursa
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| Canestrini & Fanzago , 1878 |
Rhipicephalus bursa is a type of the tick and besides the brown dog tick the only representative of the genus Rhipicephalus in Europe. R. bursa plays a role as a vector of various pathogens such as Anaplasma marginal , Anaplasma ovis , Babesia bovis , Babesia motasi , Babesia bovis , Theileria ovis and Theileria equi .
The species can be distinguished from other members of the genus occurring in the same area by the fact that the stigmas are surrounded by numerous bristles (setae), which are absent in the other species.
The tick is bi-host. The main hosts are sheep, goats, cattle and horses, dogs or humans are rarely visited. The tick prefers semi-arid areas, grassy low to medium slopes and steppe areas. It occurs in the Mediterranean (except Egypt), in the Middle East as far as Kazakhstan . In Europe, the northern edge of its range extends from southern France via Switzerland , Romania to the northern Black Sea coast .
literature
- Peter Deplazes, Johannes Eckert, Georg von Samson-Himmelstjerna, Horst Zahner: Textbook of parasitology for veterinary medicine . 3. Edition. Georg Thieme, Stuttgart 2012, ISBN 978-3-8304-1205-2 , p. 390 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jane B. Walker, James E. Keirans, Ivan G. Horak: The Genus Rhipicephalus (Acari, Ixodidae): A Guide to the Brown Ticks of the World. Cambridge University Press, 2000. ISBN 978-0-521-48008-6 . Preview on Google Books: p.526, fig. B