Ixodes rubicundus Neumann, 1904

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 : 62

197. Ixodes rubicundus Neumann, 1904 .

An Afrotropical species whose adults are usually found on Artiodactyla : Bovidae ; larvae and nymphs commonly feed on Macroscelidea : Macroscelididae . All parasitic stages have been collected from Artiodactyla : Bovidae , Carnivora : Felidae , and Lagomorpha : Leporidae ; adults and nymphs have been recovered from Carnivora : Canidae and Hyaenidae ; one adult and a few larvae have been found on Passeriformes : Ploceidae ; nymphs and larvae alone have been taken from Macroscelidea : Macroscelididae , and Rodentia : Muridae and Nesomyidae ; and larvae alone have been found on Carnivora : Herpestidae , Perissodactyla : Equidae , and Passeriformes : Alaudidae . Ixodes rubicundus is a very rare parasite of humans.

M: Neumann (1904)

F: Neumann (1904)

N: Arthur (1965)

L: Arthur (1965)

Redescriptions

M: Dönitz (1910a), Nuttall and Warburton (1911), Arthur (1965)

F: Dönitz (1910a), Nuttall and Warburton (1911), Arthur (1965), Walker A.R. et al. (2003), Horak et al. (2018)

N: none

L: Sénevet and Ripert (1967b), Clifford et al. (1975b)