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
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Zootaxa
2020
2020-11-05
4871
1
1
322
journal article
7890
10.11646/zootaxa.4871.1.1
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1175-5326
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C21A719F-9A6B-4227-8386-1AFA22620614
34.
Rhipicephalus humeralis
Tonelli Rondelli, 1926a
.
An Afrotropical species whose adults have been found on
Mammalia
(several orders), and
Accipitriformes
:
Accipitridae
.
Rhipicephalus haemaphysaloides
is a sporadic parasite of humans.
M:
Tonelli Rondelli (1926a)
, under the name
Rhipicephalus pulchellus humeralis
and given its current status in
Zumpt (1950)
F:
Walker (1957)
N:
Walker (1957)
L:
Walker (1957)
Redescriptions
M:
Zumpt (1950)
,
Matthysse and Colbo (1987)
,
Walker
et al.
(2000)
F:
Matthysse and Colbo (1987)
,
Walker
et al.
(2000)
N:
Walker
et al.
(2000)
L:
Walker
et al.
(2000)
Note:
Walker (1957)
and
Walker
et al.
(2000)
state that it can be difficult to morphologically separate females and nymphs of
Rhipicephalus humeralis
from those of
Rhipicephalus pulchellus
, but the larvae of these species are even more difficult to distinguish from each other.