Encyclopedia of Parasitology

2016 Edition
| Editors: Heinz Mehlhorn

Dermacentor marginatus

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-43978-4_846
Sheep tick in Germany, that also sucks on cattle, man, and dogs, where it may transmit Babesia canis (Fig. 1).
Dermacentor marginatus, Fig. 1

Macrophoto of an unsucked female and diagrammatic representation of a unsucked male and a fully sucked female

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Institut für Zoomorphologie, Zellbiologie und ParasitologieHeinrich-Heine-UniversitätDüsseldorfGermany