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Hyalomma rufipes Koch, 1844 (Figs. 142–144)

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Hyalomma rufipes is a two-host exophilic tick with a 1-year life cycle. Its host preferences are similar to those of Hyalomma marginatum. Larvae and nymphs feed on a large variety of birds and leporids; adults infest mostly domestic cattle. Sheep, goats, horses, camels, buffaloes, giraffes and rhinoceroses are listed among the other hosts of adults; antelopes and ostriches are less preferred (Hoogstraal in African Ixodoidea. I. Ticks of the Sudan (with special reference to Equatoria province and with preliminary reviews of the genera Boophilus, Margaropus and Hyalomma). Department of the Navy, Washington D.C., 1956; Apanaskevich and Horak in Int J Acarol 34:13–42, 2008).

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  1. Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kafkas University, Kars, Turkey

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  1. Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain

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  2. Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

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Vatansever, Z. (2017). Hyalomma rufipes Koch, 1844 (Figs. 142–144). In: Estrada-Peña, A., Mihalca, A., Petney, T. (eds) Ticks of Europe and North Africa. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63760-0_67

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