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Dermacentor circumguttatus
Female of D. circumguttatus, museum specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Arachnida
Subclass:	Acari
Order:	Ixodida
Family:	Ixodidae
Genus:	Dermacentor
Species:	D. circumguttatus
Binomial name
Dermacentor circumguttatus Neumann, 1897

Dermacentor circumguttatus is a species of hard tick belonging to the family Ixodidae.

Description

D. circumguttatus can reach a length of 3–5 mm (0.12–0.20 in). Ornamentation of males consists of eight pale spots near the periphery of the scutum. Festoons and central areas are inornate. In the females, the colour pattern is limited to three patches, one posteriorly and one anterolaterally on each side.

This African species has been found only on elephants and on the grey duiker (Sylvicapra grimmia). The main hosts of these hard ticks are the African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana) and the African forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis).

References

1. Tick Infection (with special reference to Hedgehogs, Elephants, Bears, Lagomorphs, Ferrets and Cranes) Discover life
2. Don R. Arthur (1960). "The genus Dermacentor: 1. General". The genera Dermacentor, Anocentor, Cosmiomma, Boophilus, Margaropus. Ticks. Vol. 5. Cambridge University Press. pp. 6–37.
3. Tick Infection (with special reference to Hedgehogs, Elephants, Bears, Lagomorphs, Ferrets and Cranes)
4. Biolib

v t e Acari (ticks and mites)
Acariformes	Oribatida Brachypylina Enarthronota Holosomata Mixonomata Palaeosomata Parhyposomata Sarcoptiformes Endeostigmata Psoroptidia Trombidiformes Prostigmata Sphaerolichida
Parasitiformes	Holothyrida Allothyridae Holothyridae Neothyridae Ixodida (ticks) Argasidae Ixodidae Nuttalliellidae Mesostigmata Monogynaspida Sejina Trigynaspida Opilioacariformes Opilioacaridae

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