Rhipicephalus sulcatus Neumann, 1908c

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 : 238-239

75. Rhipicephalus sulcatus Neumann, 1908c .

An Afrotropical species whose adults have been found on Mammalia (several orders). Rhipicephalus sulcatus is a rare parasite of humans.

M: Neumann (1908c)

F: Neumann (1908c)

N: Theiler and Robinson (1953)

L: Theiler and Robinson (1953)

Redescriptions

M: Zumpt (1942c), Theiler and Robinson (1953), Hoogstraal (1956a), Tendeiro (1959a), Morel and Vassiliades (1963), Elbl and Anastos (1966c), Matthysse and Colbo (1987), Pegram et al. (1987b), Walker et al. (2000), Horak et al. (2018)

F: Zumpt (1942c), Theiler and Robinson (1953), Hoogstraal (1956a), Tendeiro (1959a), Morel and Vassiliades (1963), Elbl and Anastos (1966c), Matthysse and Colbo (1987), Pegram et al. (1987b), Walker et al. (2000), Horak et al. (2018)

N: Morel and Vassiliades (1963), Pegram et al. (1987b), Walker et al. (2000)

L: Morel and Vassiliades (1963), Pegram et al. (1987b), Walker et al. (2000)

Note: the descriptions of Rhipicephalus sulcatus in Walker et al. (2000) do not agree with those in Morel and Vassiliades (1963) because the former authors include characters of both Rhipicephalus sulcatus and Rhipicephalus turanicus , but Walker et al. (2000) are themselves confused concerning Rhipicephalus turanicus (see Rhipicephalus turanicus ). Horak et al. (2018) also warn that Rhipicephalus sulcatus can easily be confused with alleged South African Rhipicephalus turanicus . Therefore, the descriptions and redescriptions above should be considered provisional until further studies, including molecular genetic analyses, clarify the status of Rhipicephalus sulcatus .