40. Rhipicephalus leporis Pomerantzev, 1946 .

A Palearctic species whose adults and nymphs are usually found on Lagomorpha: Leporidae . All parasitic stages have been recovered from Lagomorpha: Leporidae; adults and nymphs

have been taken from Carnivora: Canidae; adult ticks alone have been collected from Mammalia (several orders). There are no records of Rhipicephalus leporis causing human parasitism.

M: Pomerantzev (1946)

F: Pomerantzev (1946)

N: Filippova (1981)

L: undescribed

Redescriptions

M: Pomerantzev (1948 b, 1950), Filippova and Panova (1983), Filippova (1997), Walker et al. (2000)

F: Pomerantzev (1948 b, 1950), Filippova and Panova (1983), Filippova (1997), Walker et al. (2000)

N: Filippova (1981, 1997), Filippova and Panova (1983), Walker et al. (2000)

Note: Camicas et al. (1998) list the larva of Rhipicephalus leporis as described, but Guglielmone et al. (2014) state that there is no formal description of this stage.