Rhipicephalus zambeziensis Walker, Norval and Corwin, 1981

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 : 241

83. Rhipicephalus zambeziensis Walker, Norval and Corwin, 1981 .

An Afrotropical species, all of whose parasitic stages are usually found on Artiodactyla : Bovidae ; larvae and nymphs are also commonly recovered from Lagomorpha : Leporidae . All parasitic stages have been collected from Artiodactyla : Bovidae and Suidae , Carnivora (several families), Lagomorpha : Leporidae , Perissodactyla : Equidae , and Rodentia : Sciuridae ; adults alone have been recovered from Artiodactyla : Giraffidae , Proboscidea : Elephantidae , Rodentia : Hystricidae , Tubulidentata : Orycteropodidae , and Struthioniformes : Struthionidae ; nymphs and larvae have been taken from Carnivora : Herpestidae , and Galliformes : Numididae and Phasianidae ; nymphs alone have been found on Perissodactyla : Rhinocerotidae , and Rodentia : Pedetidae , while larvae alone have been collected from Primates : Cercopithecidae ( Guglielmone & Robbins 2018, Moyo et al. 2018). Rhipicephalus zambeziensis is a very rare parasite of humans.

M: Walker et al. (1981)

F: Walker et al. (1981)

N: Walker et al. (1981)

L: Walker et al. (1981)

Redescriptions

M: Walker et al. (2000), Walker, A.R. et al. (2003), Horak et al. (2018)

F: Walker et al. (2000), Walker, A.R. et al. (2003), Horak et al. (2018)

N: Walker et al. (2000)

L: Walker et al. (2000)

Note: see Rhipicephalus appendiculatus for a discussion of the difficulties involved in morphologically separating that species from Rhipicephalus zambeziensis .