43. Rhipicephalus longus Neumann, 1907a .

An Afrotropical species whose adults are usually found on Artiodactyla: Bovidae and Suidae, but they have also been recovered from Mammalia (several orders); immature stages have been collected from rodent burrows. Rhipicephalus longus is a very rare parasite of humans.

M: Neumann (1907a)

F: Neumann (1908d), under the name Rhipicephalus falcatus, a synonym of Rhipicephalus longus

N: Walker et al. (2000)

L: Walker et al. (2000)

Redescriptions

M: Neumann (1908d), under the name Rhipicephalus falcatus, a synonym of Rhipicephalus longus, Hoogstraal (1956a), Santos Dias (1956c, under the name Rhipicephalus confusus, another synonym of Rhipicephalus longus), Clifford and Anastos (1962), Elbl and Anastos (1966c), Walker et al. (2000)

F: Hoogstraal (1956a), Santos Dias (1956c), under the name Rhipicephalus confusus, Clifford and Anastos (1962), Elbl and Anastos (1966c), Walker et al. (2000)

N: none

L: none

Note: see Rhipicephalus pseudolongus and Rhipicephalus senegalensis for a discussion of the difficulties involved in morphologically separating these ticks from related species, including Rhipicephalus longus .