53. Rhipicephalus nitens Neumann, 1904 .

An Afrotropical species, all of whose parasitic stages are usually found on Artiodactyla: Bovidae, and Lagomorpha: Leporidae . Adults and larvae have been collected from Carnivora: Canidae; adults alone have been recovered from Perissodactyla: Equidae, while larvae alone have been taken from Galliformes: Numididae . There are no records of Rhipicephalus nitens causing human parasitism.

M: Neumann (1904)

F: Neumann (1904)

N: Walker et al. (2000)

L: Walker et al. (2000)

Redescriptions

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

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

N: none

L: none