Dorsal and ventral views of a male Margaropus reidi with identifying features of the genus Margaropus arrowed (Copyright Walker and Laurence 1973) (click on thumbnail for larger image).

Dorsal and ventral views of a female Margaropus reidi with identifying features of the genus Margaropus arrowed (Copyright Walker and Laurence 1973) (click on thumbnail for larger image).

Number of species in genus

3 species (Barker & Murrell 2004)

Species list

M. reidi Hoogstraal, 1956
M. wileyi Walker and Laurence, 1973
M. winthemi Karsch, 1879

Identifying features of genus

Adults

Anal groove: Obsolete
Eyes: Present (can be difficult to see in males)
Festoons: Absent
Basis capituli: Hexagonal
Ornamentation: Inornate
Palpi: Short
Rear margin of body (Males): With setal tufts or a fringe of long hair
Ventral plates (males only): Adanal plates present
Legs 4 (Males): Greatly expanded

Nymphs

This section needs to be updated

Larvae

Anal groove: Absent
Palpi:
Lateral large wax glands: Present and located between setae S2 (Md5) and S3 (Md6)
Added or additional large wax glands: None
Festoons: Present and poorly developed coalesced appear as 3
Eyes: Present
Post hypostomal setae: 1 pair

Species occuring in New Zealand

As of June 2008 no species from this genus have recorded as being resident in New Zealand

Species previously intercepted at border

As of June 2009 no species from this genus have been intercepted at New Zealands border

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General comments

Rare genera that is unlikely to be intercepted at New Zealands borders

Occurs in Southern and Eastern Africa
Parasites of large mammals including mountain zebra, giraffe, horses and cattle
1 host ticks
Can be pests of livestock

Useful references

Arthur DR 1960. Ticks a monograph of the Ixodoidae. Part 5 On the genera Dermacentor, Anocentor, Cosmiomma, Boophilus and Margaropus. Cambridge University Press, London.

Barker SC & Murrell A 2004. Systematics and evolution of ticks with a list of valid genus and species names. Parasitology, 129: S15-S36.

Camicas, JL, hervy JP, Adam, F & Morel PC 1998. Les Tiques de Monde. Nomenclature, stades decrits, hotes, repartition. The ticks of the world. Nomenclature, described stages, hosts, distribution (Acarida, Ixodida). France , Orstom Editions.

Horack IG, Camicas, J-L & Kierans, JE 2002. The Argasidae, Ixodidae and Nuttalliellidae (Acari: Ixodida): a world list of valid tick names. Experimental and Applied Acarology, 28: 27-54.

Walker JB & Laurence BR 1973. Margaropus wileyi sp. nov. (Ixodoidea, ixodidae), a new species of tick from the reticulated giraffe. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 40: 13-21.

Walker AR, Bouattour A, Camicas JL, Estrada-Pena AA, Horak IG, Litif AA, Pegram RG & PM Preston 2007. Ticks of domestic animals in Africa. Bioscience Reports, Edinburgh. University of Edinbrugh.