Rhipicephalus leporis Pomerantzev, 1946

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 : 226-227

40. Rhipicephalus leporis Pomerantzev, 1946 .

A Palearctic species whose adults and nymphs are usually found on Lagomorpha : Leporidae . All parasitic stages have been recovered from Lagomorpha : Leporidae ; adults and nymphs

have been taken from Carnivora : Canidae ; adult ticks alone have been collected from Mammalia (several orders). There are no records of Rhipicephalus leporis causing human parasitism.

M: Pomerantzev (1946)

F: Pomerantzev (1946)

N: Filippova (1981)

L: undescribed

Redescriptions

M: Pomerantzev (1948 b, 1950), Filippova and Panova (1983), Filippova (1997), Walker et al. (2000)

F: Pomerantzev (1948 b, 1950), Filippova and Panova (1983), Filippova (1997), Walker et al. (2000)

N: Filippova (1981, 1997), Filippova and Panova (1983), Walker et al. (2000)

Note: Camicas et al. (1998) list the larva of Rhipicephalus leporis as described, but Guglielmone et al. (2014) state that there is no formal description of this stage.