Rhipicephalus carnivoralis Walker, 1966a

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 : 218

14. Rhipicephalus carnivoralis Walker, 1966a .

An Afrotropical species whose adults are usually found on Carnivora : Felidae , but they have also been collected from Artiodactyla : Bovidae , and Carnivora (several families). Nymphs have been recovered from Hyracoidea : Procaviidae . Rhipicephalus carnivoralis is a very rare parasite of humans. M: Walker (1966a)

F: Walker (1966a)

N: Walker (1966a)

L: Walker (1966a)

Redescriptions

M: Matthysse and Colbo (1987), Walker et al. (2000)

F: Matthysse and Colbo (1987), Walker et al. (2000)

N: Walker et al. (2000)

L: Walker et al. (2000)

Note: Rhipicephalus carnivoralis was confused with several other Rhipicephalus species prior to its description by Walker (1966a).