Rhipicephalus exophthalmos Keirans and Walker, 1993 in Keirans et al. (1993b)

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 : 222

26. Rhipicephalus exophthalmos Keirans and Walker, 1993 in Keirans et al. (1993b) .

An Afrotropical species whose adults are usually found on Artiodactyla : Bovidae , while larvae and nymphs are commonly recovered from Lagomorpha : Leporidae , and Macroscelidea : Macroscelididae . All parasitic stages have been collected from Lagomorpha : Leporidae ; adults alone have been found on Artiodactyla : Bovidae and Suidae , Carnivora : Canidae and Felidae , and Perissodactyla : Equidae ; nymphs and larvae have been taken from Macroscelidea : Macroscelididae , and larvae alone from Galliformes : Phasianidae (Guglielmone et al. 2014, Horak et al. 2018). There are no records of Rhipicephalus exophthalmos causing human parasitism.

M: Zumpt (1950), under the name Rhipicephalus oculatus , as explained in Keirans et al. (1993b) citing Zumpt (1949)

F: Zumpt (1950), under the name Rhipicephalus oculatus , as explained in Keirans et al. (1993b) citing Zumpt (1949)

N: Theiler and Robinson (1953), under the name Rhipicephalus oculatus , as explained in Keirans et al. (1993b) L: Theiler and Robinson (1953) under the name Rhipicephalus oculatus , as explained in Keirans et al. (1993b) Redescriptions

M: Keirans et al. (1993b), Walker et al. (2000), Horak et al. (2018)

F: Keirans et al. (1993b), Walker et al. (2000), Horak et al. (2018)

N: Keirans et al. (1993b), Walker et al. (2000)

L: Keirans et al. (1993b), Walker et al. (2000)

Note: see Rhipicephalus oculatus for its confusion with Rhipicephalus exophthalmos .