Rhipicephalus supertritus Neumann, 1907b

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 : 239

76. Rhipicephalus supertritus Neumann, 1907b .

An Afrotropical species whose adults are usually found on Artiodactyla : Bovidae , but they have also been collected from Mammalia (several orders). Rhipicephalus supertritus is a very rare parasite of humans.

M: Neumann (1907b)

F: Neumann (1908d)

N: unknown

L: unknown

Redescriptions

M: Zumpt (1942c, 1950), Theiler (1947), Santos Dias (1950b), Hoogstraal (1956a), Elbl and Anastos (1966c), Matthysse and Colbo (1987), Walker et al. (2000)

F: Zumpt (1942c, 1950), Theiler (1947), Santos Dias (1950b), Hoogstraal (1956a), Elbl and Anastos (1966c), Matthysse and Colbo (1987), Walker et al. (2000)

Note: Rhipicephalus supertritus has been confused with several other species of Rhipicephalus , and there is disagreement concerning its geographical distribution and morphological definition ( Walker et al. 2000). Therefore, all of the above redescriptions of Rhipicephalus supertritus should be considered provisional.