Rhipicephalus pusillus Gill Collado, 1936

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 : 235

64. Rhipicephalus pusillus Gill Collado, 1936 .

A Palearctic species, all of whose parasitic stages are usually found on Lagomorpha : Leporidae , but they have also been collected from Carnivora : Mustelidae . Adults and nymphs have been recovered from Mammalia (several orders); adults alone have been taken from Accipitriformes : Accipitridae and Strigiformes : Strigidae ; nymphs and larvae have been recorded from Rodentia : Gliridae . Rhipicephalus pusillus is a rare parasite of humans.

M: Gil Collado (1936), under the name Rhipicephalus bursa pusillus and given its current status in Gil Collado (1938)

F: Gil Collado (1936), under the name Rhipicephalus bursa pusillus

N: Morel and Vassiliades (1963)

L: Morel and Vassiliades (1963)

Redescriptions

M: Zumpt (1942c, 1950), Morel and Vassiliades (1963), Walker et al. (2000), Pérez-Eid (2007), Estrada-Peña et al. (2017, 2018)

F: Zumpt (1942c), Morel and Vassiliades (1963), Walker et al. (2000), Pérez-Eid (2007), Estrada-Peña et al. (2017, 2018)

N: Walker et al. (2000), Pérez-Eid (2007), Estrada-Peña et al. (2017, 2018)

L: Pérez-Eid (2007), Estrada-Peña et al. (2017, 2018)

Note: the record of two specimens of Rhipicephalus pusillus in Cameroon (Afrotropical Region) by Silatsa et al. (2019) requires confirmation.