Rhipicephalus armatus Pocock, 1900

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 : 215

4. Rhipicephalus armatus Pocock, 1900 .

An Afrotropical species whose adults and nymphs have been found on Artiodactyla : Bovidae , and Carnivora : Canidae and Felidae ; adults alone have been collected from Mammalia (several orders), while nymphs and larvae have been recovered from Lagomorpha : Leporidae . Rhipicephalus armatus is a very rare parasite of humans.

M: Pocock (1900)

F: Pocock (1900)

N: Walker et al. (2000)

L: Walker et al. (2000)

Redescriptions

M: Matthysse and Colbo (1987), Walker et al. (2000)

F: Matthysse and Colbo (1987), Walker et al. (2000)

N: none

L: none