Comparing Ixodes holocyclus with Rhipicephalus
sanguineus
Ixodes holocyclus
"paralysis tick" |
Rhipicephalus
sanguineus
"brown dog tick" |
- colour slate grey, changes when fully engorged
- 1st and 4th pairs of legs darker than middle
pairs
- legs extend from capitulum in straight lines
- long capitulum
- anal groove encircles anus
- no festoons
- found on the east coast of the Australian
mainland
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- colour brown
- all 4 pairs of legs equally coloured
- legs extend from capitulum contouring to side of
body
- short capitulum
- anal groove only encircles posterior half of anus
and then extends caudally into a median groove
- festoons on caudal body margin
- worldwide distribution, including Australia
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