Asian blue tick vs Brown dog tick

Rhipicephalus microplus compared with Rhipicephalus sanguineus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Asian blue tick	Brown dog tick
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class same	Arachnida (Arachnids)	Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order same	Ixodida (Ixodida)	Ixodida (Ixodida)
Family same	Ixodidae	Ixodidae
Genus same	Rhipicephalus	Rhipicephalus
Species	Rhipicephalus microplus	Rhipicephalus sanguineus

Evolutionary Relationship

Asian blue tick and Brown dog tick share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Rhipicephalus.

Conservation Status

Asian blue tick

NE — Not Evaluated

Brown dog tick

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Asian blue tick	Brown dog tick
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Asian blue tick

Habitat

Typically found in terrestrial habitats from forests to deserts.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Benin, South Africa), Asia (Taiwan), Oceania and the Pacific (Papua New Guinea), and South America (4 countries).

Brown dog tick

Habitat

Typically found in terrestrial habitats from forests to deserts.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (9 countries), and North America (United States).

Asian blue tick

Asian blue tick (Rhipicephalus microplus) is a species in the genus Rhipicephalus. Typically found in terrestrial habitats from forests to deserts.

Brown dog tick

Brown dog tick (Rhipicephalus sanguineus) is classified as Not Evaluated (NE) on the IUCN Red List. Not yet evaluated against IUCN Red List criteria. Conservation status remains to be determined.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇹🇼 Taiwan