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Cuban tick

Rhipicephalus microplus Canestrini, 1888

Status not recordedarachnids

The cuban tick (Rhipicephalus microplus) is a species in the family Ixodidae, order Ixodida.

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Quick facts about the cuban tick

Weight
Not recorded
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 cuban tick live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the cuban tick as introduced in 10 countries, and flagged as invasive in 1 of them.

  1. Benininvasive
  2. Bolivia
  3. Brazil
  4. Colombia
  5. Dominican Republic
  6. Ecuador
  7. Papua New Guinea
  8. Peru
  9. South Africa
  10. Venezuela

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the cuban 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 cuban tick classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classArachnida
  4. orderIxodida
  5. familyIxodidae
  6. genusRhipicephalus
  7. SpeciesRhipicephalus microplus Canestrini, 1888

Synonyms Amblyomma microplus, Boophilus annulatus australis, Boophilus annulatus calcaratus, Boophilus annulatus caudatus, Boophilus annulatus microplus, Boophilus annulatus var. australis, Boophilus australis, Boophilus caudatus, Boophilus cyclops, Boophilus distans, Boophilus fallax, Boophilus intraoculatus, Boophilus krijgsmani, Boophilus longiscutatus, Boophilus microplus, Boophilus microplus annulatus, Boophilus minningi, Boophilus rotundiscutatus, Boophilus sharifi, Haemaphysalis micropla, Hemophysalis micropla, Margaropus annulatus argentinus, Margaropus annulatus australis, Margaropus annulatus caudatus, Margaropus annulatus mexicanus, Margaropus annulatus microphilus, Margaropus annulatus microplus, Margaropus australis, Margaropus caudatus, Margaropus micropla, Margaropus microplus, Palpoboophilus brachyuris, Palpoboophilus minningi, Rhipicaphalus annulatus caudatus, Rhipicaphalus australis, Rhipicephalus annulatus argentinensis, Rhipicephalus annulatus microplus, Rhipicephalus annulatus var. argentinus, Rhipicephalus annulatus var. australis, Rhipicephalus annulatus var. caudatus, Rhipicephalus annulatus var. microplus, Rhipicephalus argentinus, Rhipicephalus australis, Rhipicephalus caudatus, Rhipicephalus microplus, Uroboophilus australis, Uroboophilus caudatus, Uroboophilus cyclops, Uroboophilus distans, Uroboophilus fallax, Uroboophilus indicus, Uroboophilus krijgsmani, Uroboophilus longiscutatus, Uroboophilus microplus, Uroboophilus occidentalis, Uroboophilus rotundiscutatus, Uroboophilus sharifi, Uroboophilus sinensis

Other names and names in other languages (19)
  • Asian blue tickEnglish
  • Asiatic blue tickEnglish
  • Australian cattle tickEnglish
  • Australian tickEnglish
  • Cattle tickEnglish
  • Madagascar blue tickEnglish
  • Porto Rican Texas fever tickEnglish
  • South American tickEnglish
  • Southern cattle tickEnglish
  • Malagas-bloubosluisAfrikaans
  • Garrapata coloradaSpanish
  • Carrapato do boiPortuguese
  • Asiatiese bloubosluisAfrikaans
  • MadagaskarbloubosluisAfrikaans
  • Pantropiese bloubosluisAfrikaans
  • BermejasSpanish
  • Garrapata común del ganado bovinoSpanish
  • La garrapata del ganado australianoSpanish
  • Carrapato sul americano do boiPortuguese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the cuban tick

Other species in the same genus Rhipicephalus.

Cattle tick

Rhipicephalus annulatus

IxodidaeNo free photo yet

Eyed tick

Rhipicephalus oculatus

IxodidaeNo free photo yet

Zebra tick

Rhipicephalus pulchellus

IxodidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the cuban tick an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the cuban tick as invasive in 1 country: Benin. It lists it as introduced in 10 in all.

What kind of animal is the cuban tick?

The cuban tick (Rhipicephalus microplus) 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). Cuban tick (Rhipicephalus microplus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/cuban-tick

MLA

“Cuban tick (Rhipicephalus microplus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/cuban-tick.

BibTeX
@misc{cuban_tick_2026,
  title = {Cuban tick (Rhipicephalus microplus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/cuban-tick},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}