Rhipicephalus warburtoni Walker and Horak, 2000 in Walker et al. (2000)

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 : 240-241

82. Rhipicephalus warburtoni Walker and Horak, 2000 in Walker et al. (2000) .

An Afrotropical species whose adults are usually found on Artiodactyla : Bovidae ; larvae and nymphs are usually recovered from Macroscelidea :

Macroscelididae . Adults, nymphs and larvae have been collected from Lagomorpha : Leporidae ; adults and larvae have been taken from Carnivora : Felidae ; adult ticks alone have been found on Artiodactyla : Bovidae , Carnivora : Canidae , and Perissodactyla : Equidae ; larvae and nymphs have been taken from Macroscelidea : Macroscelididae , Rodentia : Muridae , and Passeriformes : Alaudidae ; and nymphs alone have been collected from Rodentia : Pedetidae . Rhipicephalus warburtoni is a very rare parasite of humans.

M: Walker et al. (2000)

F: Walker et al. (2000)

N: Walker et al. (2000)

L: Walker et al. (2000)

Redescriptions

M: Horak et al. (2018)

F: Horak et al. (2018)

N: none

L: none

Note: Walker et al. (2000) and Horak et al. (2018) state that prior to the description of Rhipicephalus warburtoni , this species was confused with related tick species. See also Rhipicephalus pravus .