83. Rhipicephalus zambeziensis Walker, Norval and Corwin, 1981 .

An Afrotropical species, all of whose parasitic stages are usually found on Artiodactyla: Bovidae; larvae and nymphs are also commonly recovered from Lagomorpha: Leporidae . All parasitic stages have been collected from Artiodactyla: Bovidae and Suidae, Carnivora (several families), Lagomorpha: Leporidae, Perissodactyla: Equidae, and Rodentia: Sciuridae; adults alone have been recovered from Artiodactyla: Giraffidae, Proboscidea: Elephantidae, Rodentia: Hystricidae, Tubulidentata: Orycteropodidae, and Struthioniformes: Struthionidae; nymphs and larvae have been taken from Carnivora: Herpestidae, and Galliformes: Numididae and Phasianidae; nymphs alone have been found on Perissodactyla: Rhinocerotidae, and Rodentia: Pedetidae, while larvae alone have been collected from Primates: Cercopithecidae (Guglielmone & Robbins 2018, Moyo et al. 2018). Rhipicephalus zambeziensis is a very rare parasite of humans.

M: Walker et al. (1981)

F: Walker et al. (1981)

N: Walker et al. (1981)

L: Walker et al. (1981)

Redescriptions

M: Walker et al. (2000), Walker, A.R. et al. (2003), Horak et al. (2018)

F: Walker et al. (2000), Walker, A.R. et al. (2003), Horak et al. (2018)

N: Walker et al. (2000)

L: Walker et al. (2000)

Note: see Rhipicephalus appendiculatus for a discussion of the difficulties involved in morphologically separating that species from Rhipicephalus zambeziensis .