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Beady-legged tick

Margaropus winthemi Karsch, 1879

Status not recordedarachnids

The beady-legged tick (Margaropus winthemi) is a species in the family Ixodidae, order Ixodida.

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Quick facts about the beady-legged tick

Weight
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Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the beady-legged tick live?

Not recorded

Is the beady-legged tick endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the beady-legged tick classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classArachnida
  4. orderIxodida
  5. familyIxodidae
  6. genusMargaropus
  7. SpeciesMargaropus winthemi Karsch, 1879

Synonyms Boophilus winthemi, Margaropus lounsburyi, Margaropus phthiroides, Rhipicephalus phthiriodes

Other names and names in other languages (7)
  • Argentine tickEnglish
  • Lounsbury's tickEnglish
  • South African beady-legged tickEnglish
  • South African winter horse tickEnglish
  • Winter horse tickEnglish
  • WinterperdebosluisAfrikaans
  • klíště WinthemovoCzech

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the beady-legged tick

Other species in the same genus Margaropus.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the beady-legged tick?

The beady-legged tick (Margaropus winthemi) belongs to the family Ixodidae in the order Ixodida.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Beady-legged tick (Margaropus winthemi). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/beady-legged-tick

MLA

“Beady-legged tick (Margaropus winthemi).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/beady-legged-tick.

BibTeX
@misc{beady_legged_tick_2026,
  title = {Beady-legged tick (Margaropus winthemi)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/beady-legged-tick},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}