Margaropus reidi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Arachnida
Subclass:
Acari
Order:
Ixodida
Family:
Ixodidae
Genus:
Margaropus
Species:
M. reidi
Binomial name
Margaropus reidi

Margaropus reidi, the Sudanese beady-legged tick, is an ixodid tick that is parasitic on the Northern giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis)[1][2][3] It is one of only three species in the genus Margaropus.[2] The type specimens were collected in Liednhom (or Lietnhom) on the south bank of the Jur River, and at Guar, in the Gual-Nyang Forest, Bahr el Ghazal, South Sudan.[4][1][2]

First described by entomologist and parasitologist Harry Hoogstraal,[5] M. reidi are small ticks, approximately 3.0 mm (0.12 inch) in length and 1.4 mm (0.05 inch) in width.[1] They are dark reddish brown in color, with yellowish legs.[1] M. reidi differs from the other two Margaropus species in that the setae around the posterior end of its body form a continuous fringe and, in comparison to Margaropus winthemi and Margaropus wileyi, its anal plates are more bluntly pointed.[2]

The ecological requirements of M. reidi are similar to those of M. wileyi, but differ abruptly from those of M. winthemi. The vegetation in the area where it is found is largely broadleaf forests and woodlands with a mean annual rainfall of over 900 mm (35 inches), a mean monthly maximum temperature that falls below 30 °C (86 °F) for a relatively short period and exceeds 35 °C (95 °F) during the hot season.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Ticks a Monograph of the Ixodoidea. CUP Archive. 1908.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Walker, JB; Laurence, BR (March 1973). "Margaropus wileyi sp. nov. (ixodoidea, Ixodidae), a new species of tick from the reticulated giraffe". The Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research. 40 (1): 13–21. PMID 4717634.
  3. ↑ "ADW: Margaropus: CLASSIFICATION". animaldiversity.org. Retrieved 2023-11-30.
  4. ↑ ElGhali, Ahmed A.; Hassan, Shawgi M. (2 February 2012). "Ticks infesting animals in the Sudan and southern Sudan: Past and current status". Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research. 79 (1): 6 pages. doi:10.4102/ojvr.v79i1.431. PMID 23327330. S2CID 2276895.
  5. ↑ Harry Hoogstraal: African Ixodoidea. I. Ticks of The Sudan (with Special Reference to Equatoria Province and with Prellminary Reviews of the Genera Boophilus, Margaropus, and Hyalomma). U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 3 Research Report NM 005 050.29.07, 1956.


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