Hyalomma somalicum Tonelli Rondelli, 1935

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25. Hyalomma somalicum Tonelli Rondelli, 1935 .

An Afrotropical species whose adults have been found on Artiodactyla : Bovidae and Camelidae , and Perissodactyla : Equidae . There are no records of Hyalomma somalicum causing human parasitism.

M: Tonelli Rondelli (1935)

F: Kaiser and Hoogstraal (1968), under the name Hyalomma erythraeum as explained in Apanaskevich and Horak (2009)

N: Kaiser and Hoogstraal (1968), under the name Hyalomma erythraeum

L: Kaiser and Hoogstraal (1968), under the name Hyalomma erythraeum

Redescriptions

M: Kaiser and Hoogstraal (1968), under the name Hyalomma erythraeum, Apanaskevich and Horak (2009)

F: Apanaskevich and Horak (2009)

N: Apanaskevich and Horak (2009)

L: Apanaskevich and Horak (2009)

Note: following the study of Kaiser and Hoogstraal (1968), Hyalomma somalicum was usually identified as Hyalomma erythraeum Tonelli Rondelli 1932 , but Apanaskevich and Horak (2009) found that Hyalomma erythraeum is a synonym of Hyalomma impeltatum , and reinstated Hyalomma somalicum as a valid species.