''Margaropus'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

tick Ticks (order Ixodida) are parasitic arachnids that are part of the mite superorder Parasitiformes. Adult ticks are approximately 3 to 5 mm in length depending on age, sex, species, and "fullness". Ticks are external parasites, living by ...

s, characterized as inornate, having eyes, lacking

festoons A festoon (from French ''feston'', Italian ''festone'', from a Late Latin ''festo'', originally a festal garland, Latin ''festum'', feast) is a wreath or garland hanging from two points, and in architecture typically a carved ornament depic ...

, and with the legs of the male increasing in size from pair I to IV with the segments enlarged, giving them a beaded appearance, from which the genus name was taken, ''margaritopus'' signifying beady-legged;Don R. Arthur. 1960. ''Ticks, Part V, The Genera Dermacentor, Anocentor, Cosmiomma, Boophilus, Margaropus'', Cambridge University Press, pp. 226-247; https://books.google.com/books?id=k688AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA226&lpg=PA226&dq=margaropus+ticks&source=bl&ots=c4TelGTqdi&sig=hsjNlfIVkrRXpofXqpXruH8USuM&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiA17SCh_zbAhXjp1kKHS24B_k4ChDoAQhDMAE#v=onepage&q=margaropus%20ticks&f=false, accessed June 30, 2018. the species name memorialized naturalist and

entomologist Entomology () is the scientific study of insects, a branch of zoology. In the past the term "insect" was less specific, and historically the definition of entomology would also include the study of animals in other arthropod groups, such as arach ...

Wilhelm von Winthem Wilhelm von Winthem (1799–1847) was a natural history, naturalist and entomologist from Hamburg, Germany, who was chiefly interested in Diptera and Hymenoptera. Well placed in a port city, von Winthem built a world collection.Joachim Steetz. 1848. ...

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Margaropus reidi ''Margaropus reidi'', the Sudanese beady-legged tick, is an ixodid tick that is parasitic on the Northern giraffe (''Giraffa camelopardalis'')Don R. Arthur: ''Ticks, A Monograph of the Ixodoidea'', Part V, On the Genera ''Dermacentor'', ''Anoce ...

'', Hoogstraal, 1956, the Sudanese beady-legged tick H. Hoogstraal. 1956. African Ixodoidea. I. Ticks of the Sudan (with special reference to Equatoria Province and with preliminary reviews of the genera ''Boophilus'', ''Margaropus'' and ''Hyalomma''). Research Report NM 005050.29.07, Department of the Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, Washington D.C. 1101 pp. *''

Margaropus wileyi ''Margaropus'' is a genus of ticks, characterized as inornate, having eyes, lacking festoons, and with the legs of the male increasing in size from pair I to IV with the segments enlarged, giving them a beaded appearance, from which the genus nam ...

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& Laurence, 1973, the East African giraffe tick Jane B. Walker and B. R. Laurence. 1973. ''Margaropus wileyi'' sp. nov. (Ixodoidea: Ixodidae), a New Species of Tick from the Reticulated Giraffe. ''Onderstpoort Journal of Veterinary Research'', 40(1):13-22; https://repository.up.ac.za/bitstream/handle/2263/53664/3walker1973.pdf?sequence=1, accessed June 30, 2018. *''

Margaropus winthemi ''Margaropus'' is a genus of ticks, characterized as inornate, having eyes, lacking festoons, and with the legs of the male increasing in size from pair I to IV with the segments enlarged, giving them a beaded appearance, from which the genus nam ...

'', Karsch, 1879, the South African winter horse tick or beady-legged tick

Ferdinand Karsch Ferdinand Anton Franz Karsch or Karsch-Haack (2 September 1853, in Münster – 20 December 1936, in Berlin) was a German arachnologist, entomologist and anthropologist. The son of a doctor, Karsch was educated at the Friedrich Wilhelm Univers ...

. 1879. Zwei neue Arachniden des Berliner Museums. ''Mittheilungen des Münchener Entomologischen Verein'', 3:95-96. In their native range, ''Margaropus'' species ticks parasitize larger land animals, including the three largest southern African wild

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giraffes The giraffe is a large African hoofed mammal belonging to the genus ''Giraffa''. It is the tallest living terrestrial animal and the largest ruminant on Earth. Traditionally, giraffes were thought to be one species, ''Giraffa camelopardalis ...

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Giraffa camelopardalis The northern giraffe (''Giraffa camelopardalis''), also known as three-horned giraffe,Linnaeus, C. (1758)The Nubian or Three-horned giraffe (''Giraffa camelopardalis'').Existing Forms of Giraffe (February 16, 1897): 14. is the type species of gi ...

''; African buffaloes, '' Syncerus caffer''; and

common eland The common eland (''Taurotragus oryx''), also known as the southern eland or eland antelope, is a savannah and plains antelope found in East and Southern Africa. It is a species of the family Bovidae and genus ''Taurotragus''. An adult male is ...

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Taurotragus oryx The common eland (''Taurotragus oryx''), also known as the southern eland or eland antelope, is a savannah and plains antelope found in East and Southern Africa. It is a species of the family Bovidae and genus ''Taurotragus''. An adult male is ...

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