Rhipicephalus appendiculatus Neumann, 1901

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 : 214

2. Rhipicephalus appendiculatus Neumann, 1901 .

An Afrotropical species, all of whose parasitic stages are usually found on Artiodactyla : Bovidae , but they have also been collected from Mammalia (several orders), and Galliformes : Numididae and Phasianidae . Adult ticks alone have been recovered from Passeriformes : Laniidae , and Testudines (unknown family), while immature stages have been taken from Aves (several orders). Rhipicephalus appendiculatus is a sporadic parasite of humans.

M: Neumann (1901)

F: Neumann (1901)

N: Howard (1908)

L: Howard (1908)

Redescriptions

M: Hoogstraal (1956a), Walker et al. (1981, 2000), Walker A. R et al. (2003), Horak et al. (2018)

F: Hoogstraal (1956a), Walker et al. (1981, 2000), Walker A. R et al. (2003), Horak et al. (2018)

N: Walker et al. (1981, 2000)

L: Arthur (1975a), Walker et al. (1981, 2000)

Note: Walker et al. (2000) state that it can be very difficult, or sometimes impossible, to morphologically separate Rhipicephalus appendiculatus and Rhipicephalus zambeziensis , but Rhipicephalus appendiculatus has also been confused with other Rhipicephalus species. Walker et al. (2000) selected a lectotype and paralectotype of Rhipicephalus appendiculatus from Tanzania to avoid confusion with Rhipicephalus zambeziensis or Rhipicephalus nitens . There are other redescriptions of Rhipicephalus appendiculatus that were not included in the above lists because of doubts concerning the identity of the specimens involved.