Rhipicephalus follis Dönitz, 1910a

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 : 222

27. Rhipicephalus follis Dönitz, 1910a .

An Afrotropical species whose adults are usually found on Artiodactyla : Bovidae , while larvae and nymphs are commonly recovered from Rodentia : Muridae . Adults and larvae have been collected from Carnivora : Canidae ; adults alone have been taken from Artiodactyla : Bovidae and Suidae , Hyracoidea : Procaviidae , Perissodactyla : Equidae and Rhinocerotidae , and Carnivora : Felidae ; nymphs and larvae have been found on Rodentia : Muridae . Rhipicephalus follis is a rare parasite of humans

M: Dönitz (1910a)

F: Walker et al. (2000); see note below

N: Walker et al. (2000); see note below

L: Walker et al. (2000); see note below

Redescriptions

M: Theiler (1947), Walker et al. (2000), Horak et al. (2018)

F: Walker et al. (2000), Horak et al. (2018)

N: Walker et al. (2000)

L: Walker et al. (2000)

Note: Theiler and Robinson (1953) allegedly redescribed the male and described the female, nymph and larva of Rhipicephalus follis , but all four of these descriptions actually apply to another species, Rhipicephalus lounsburyi , as explained in Walker (1990). See also Rhipicephalus capensis and Rhipicephalus gertrudae for a discussion of the difficulties involved in morphologically separating these taxa from related species, including Rhipicephalus follis .