Rhipicephalus
| Rhipicephalus | |
|---|---|
| Rhipicephalus sanguineus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Ixodida |
| Family: | Ixodidae |
| Genus: | Rhipicephalus Koch, 1844 |
| Type species | |
| Ixodes sanguineus Latreille, 1806
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| Species | |
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90 species, see text. | |
| Ixodidae cladogram after Barker et al., (2024) |
Rhipicephalus is a genus of hard ticks in the family Ixodidae, consisting of about 90 species. While many species are native to tropical Africa, the genus is cosmopolitan, being found across the world. Several species are vectors of significant human and animal pathogens.