Rhipicephalus senegalensis Koch, 1844a

Guglielmone, Alberto A., Petney, Trevor N. & Robbins, Richard G., 2020, Ixodidae (Acari: Ixodoidea): descriptions and redescriptions of all known species from 1758 to December 31, 2019, Zootaxa 4871 (1), pp. 1-322 : 237

71. Rhipicephalus senegalensis Koch, 1844a .

An Afrotropical species whose adults are usually found on Artiodactyla , but they have also been found on Mammalia (several orders) and rarely on Anseriformes : Anatidae . Immature stages have been collected from Carnivora : Herpestidae , Rodentia : Muridae , Sciuridae and Thryonomyidae , and Macroscelidea : Macroscelididae . Rhipicephalus senegalensis is a rare parasite of humans.

M: Zumpt (1943a), under the name Rhipicephalus simus longoides , a synonym of Rhipicephalus senegalensis

F: Koch (1844a)

N: Vassiliades (1964)

L: Vassiliades (1964)

Redescriptions

M: Tendeiro (1959a), Clifford and Anastos (1962), Vassiliades (1964), Walker et al. (2000), Walker, A.R. et al. (2003)

F: Koch (1847), Clifford and Anastos (1962), Vassiliades (1964), Walker et al. (2000), Walker, A.R. et al. (2003) N: Clifford and Anastos (1964), Saratsiotis (1977), Walker et al. (2000)

L: Saratsiotis (1977), Walker et al. (2000)

Note: Walker et al. (2000) caution that the morphological separation of Rhipicephalus senegalensis from Rhipicephalus longus and Rhipicephalus pseudolongus is difficult; consequently, several redescriptions of Rhipicephalus senegalensis are not included in the above list.