Ixodidae (Acari: Ixodoidea): descriptions and redescriptions of all known species from 1758 to December 31, 2019 Author Guglielmone, Alberto A. 0000-0001-5430-2889 guglielmone.alberto@inta.gob.ar Author Petney, Trevor N. 0000-0002-9135-4546 trevor.petney@smnk.de Author Robbins, Richard G. 0000-0001-5430-2889 guglielmone.alberto@inta.gob.ar text Zootaxa 2020 2020-11-05 4871 1 1 322 journal article 7890 10.11646/zootaxa.4871.1.1 344f8a86-21a1-428e-ae4f-01ea6082254a 1175-5326 4423340 C21A719F-9A6B-4227-8386-1AFA22620614 62. Rhipicephalus pumilio Schulze, 1935a . A Palearctic species with a few records from the Oriental Zoogeographic Region , all of whose parasitic stages have been found on Erinaceomorpha : Erinaceidae , Lagomorpha : Leporidae and Ochotonidae , and Rodentia : Cricetidae , Muridae and Sciuridae . Adults alone have been collected from Mammalia (several orders), Accipitriformes : Accipitridae , Galliformes : Phasianidae, Otidiformes : Otididae , and Passeriformes : Alaudidae ; nymphs and larvae have been recovered from Rodentia : Dipodidae , and Passeriformes : Corvidae , Muscicapidae and Sylviidae . Rhipicephalus pumilio is a sporadic parasite of humans. M: Schulze (1935a) F: Pomerantzev (1946) N: Filippova (1981) L: Filippova (1989) Redescriptions M: Pomerantzev (1950) , Filippova and Panova (1983) , Teng and Jiang (1991) , Filippova (1997) , Yu et al. (1997) , Walker et al. (2000) F: Pomerantzev (1950) , Filippova (1981, 1997), Filippova and Panova (1983) , Teng and Jiang (1991) , Yu et al. (1997) , Walker et al. (2000) N: Filippova and Panova (1983) , Teng and Jiang (1991) , Filippova (1997) , Walker et al. (2000) L: Filippova and Panova (1983) , Teng and Jiang (1991) , Filippova (1997) , Walker et al. (2000) Note: Zahler et al. (1997) describe an identical DNA sequence in Rhipicephalus pumilio and Rhipicephalus rossicus and suggest that they may be conspecific. See also Rhipicephalus schulzei for its confusion with Rhipicephalus pumilio .