Rhipicephalus annulatus, R. australis or R. microplus? Discordance between morphological and genetic data among three cattle tick species

• Main Authors: Kazim, A. R., Low, Van Lun, Tappe, D., Houssaini, J., Heo, C. C.
• Format: Article
• Published: Kluwer (now part of Springer) 2022
• Subjects: Q Science (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/41867/
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

The taxonomy of ticks of the subgenus Boophilus has been extensively debated and is often complicated by the high intraspecific variation of morphological features between species. Notably, the cattle tick Rhipicephalus microplus is a species complex consisting of Rhipicephalus annulatus, Rhipicepha...