A double monstrosity in the tick Rhipicephalus sanguineus: description of a first teratological case identified in Benin in West Africa

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AuteurADEHAN, SAFIOU BIENVENU
AuteurKOUNONZO, MAURICE LANDRY
AuteurADEHAN, WAKILI ADEBO ALAIN
AuteurKANDE, SOULEYMANE
AuteurYACOUBOU, TRAORE MAMA
AuteurAKPO, YAO
AuteurBOKO, KADOEITO CYRILLE
AuteurDOSSOU GBETE, GERARD SEPTIME OLIVIER
AuteurMADDER, MAXIME
AuteurFAROUGOU, SOUAIBOU
AuteurKADIDJATOULAI, OPEYEMI BADAROU
Date d'ajout2026-06-02T16:06:57Z
Date de disponibilite2026-06-02T16:06:57Z
Date de publication2022
ResumeA total of 5329 ticks were collected from 85 dogs in three different municipalities of Benin in West Africa. Among the species of Rhipicephalus sanguineus collected in Abomey-Calavi, the presence of a specimen with double monstrosities was revealed. The abnormal tick is a male with four pairs of legs, but the body is double lobed at the back. It has four spiracular plates, two of which are at the base at the level of the festoons and two others at the level of the fourth coxae. The specimen also has two symmetrical anal orifices, each surrounded by two adanal plates and two accessory plates, leading up to a single genital orifice. This specimen contributes to the growing database of teratological ticks.
DOI10.1080/01647954.2022.2114546
Autre identifiantBECDB-11644
URIhttps://dspace.uac.bj/handle/123456789/10211
Languefr
Fait partie deInternational Journal of Acarology
SujetBénin
SujetHaemaphysalis leachi
SujetRhipicephalus sanguineus
Sujetteratology
TitreA double monstrosity in the tick Rhipicephalus sanguineus: description of a first teratological case identified in Benin in West Africa
TypeArticle

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