Rhipicephalus cuspidatus Neumann, 1906

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 : 220

19. Rhipicephalus cuspidatus Neumann, 1906 .

An Afrotropical species whose adults are usually found on Artiodactyla : Suidae . All parasitic stages have been collected from Artiodactyla : Suidae , and Rodentia : Hystricidae ; adults and nymphs have been recovered from Carnivora : Canidae and Hyaenidae , Rodentia : Thryonomyidae , and Tubulidentata : Orycteropodidae ; nymphs alone have been found on Artiodactyla : Bovidae , Carnivora : Felidae and Herpestidae , and Galliformes : Phasianidae . There are no records of Rhipicephalus cuspidatus causing human parasitism.

M: Neumann (1906)

F: Neumann (1906)

N: Walker et al. (2000)

L: Walker et al. (2000)

Redescriptions

M: Theiler (1947), Tendeiro (1951, 1952), Hoogstraal (1956a), Elbl and Anastos (1966c), Matthysse and Colbo (1987), Walker et al. (2000)

F: Theiler (1947), Tendeiro (1951, 1952), Hoogstraal (1956a), Elbl and Anastos (1966c), Matthysse and Colbo (1987), Walker et al. (2000)

N: none

L: none

Note: Hoogstraal (1956a) states that the description of Rhipicephalus cuspidatus in Zumpt (1950) refers to another species; although Walker et al. (2000) do not discuss Hoogstraal’s statement, the redescription in Zumpt (1950) is not included in the above lists.