16. Rhipicephalus complanatus Neumann, 1911b .
An Afrotropical species whose adults are usually found on Artiodactyla: Suidae; the undescribed nymph has also been collected from Suidae . Adults alone have been recovered from Artiodactyla: Bovidae, Carnivora: Viverridae, and Rodentia: Muridae . Rhipicephalus complanatus is a sporadic parasite of humans.
M: Neumann (1910a), under the name Rhipicephalus planus, preoccupied, and given its current status in Neumann (1911b)
F: Neumann (1910a), under the name Rhipicephalus planus
N: undescribed
L: unknown
Redescriptions
M: Elbl and Anastos (1966c), Matthysse and Colbo (1987), Walker et al. (2000)
F: Elbl and Anastos (1966c), Matthysse and Colbo (1987), Walker et al. (2000)