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Pronunciation: rī′pi-sef′ă-lŭsA genus of inornate hard ticks (family Ixodidae) consisting of about 50 species, all of which are Old World except Rhipicephalus sanguineus.
Eyes and festoons are present in both sexes; short palpi and ventral plates are present only in the male. The genus includes important vectors of disease in humans and domestic animals. rhipis, fan, + kephalē, head].

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