Margaropus
Sign in to saveMargaropus is a genus of ticks. Found in Africa, the genus is known best from Giraffidae.
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South African Winter Horse Tick
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassArachnida
- OrderIxodida
- FamilyIxodidae
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Margaropus is a genus of ticks. Found in Africa, the genus is known best from Giraffidae.
Margaropus ticks are characterised as inornate, having eyes, lacking festoons, and with the legs of the male increasing in size from pair I to IV with the segments enlarged, giving them a beaded appearance, from which the genus name was taken, margaritopus signifying beady-legged.
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International Standard Serial Number
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parasitism
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ruminants
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Giraffidae
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