Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Rhipicephalus linnaei
Garrapata, Brown dog tick
R. linnaei is present in the Galapagos Islands, and may act as a vector for A. phagocytophilum and A. platys (Culda et al., 2025).
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Arachnida
Order
Ixodida
Superfamily
Ixodoidea
Family
Ixodidae
Genus
Rhipicephalus
Species
linnaei
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Rhipicephalus sanguineus Latreille, 1806; recent designation by Culda et al. (2025).
Origin: Introduced - established
Mode of introduction: Accidental
Introduction Pathway: Contaminant
Subpathway: Parasites/pathogens on plants
Introduced status: Naturalized
- Culda, C. A., Panait, L.C., Cazan, C.D., Sprong, H., Vinueza, R.L., Páez-Rosas, D., Leon, R. and Mihalca, A.D., (2025) First Report of Anaplasma phagocytophilum in Galapagos: High Prevalence in Dogs and Circumstantial Evidence for the Role of Rhipicephalus linnaei as Vector. Ransboundary and Emerging Diseases, 2025(1), 5542334.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Rhipicephalus linnaei", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=25649. Accessed 6 November 2026.