Rhipicephalus bergeoni Morel and Balis, 1976

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9. Rhipicephalus bergeoni Morel and Balis, 1976 .

An Afrotropical species whose adults are usually found on Artiodactyla : Bovidae , but they have also been collected from Artiodactyla : Suidae , Perissodactyla : Equidae , and Carnivora : Hyaenidae . There are no records of Rhipicephalus bergeoni causing human parasitism.

M: Morel and Balis (1976)

F: Morel and Balis (1976)

N: unknown

L: unknown

Redescriptions

M: Morel (1980), Pegram et al. (1987c), Walker et al. (2000)

F: Morel (1980), Pegram et al. (1987c), Walker et al. (2000)

Note: Morel (1980) states that Rhipicephalus bergeoni had been confused with some species of the Rhipicephalus sanguineus group prior to its description by Morel and Balis (1976).