26. Rhipicephalus exophthalmos Keirans and Walker, 1993 in Keirans et al. (1993b) .

An Afrotropical species whose adults are usually found on Artiodactyla: Bovidae, while larvae and nymphs are commonly recovered from Lagomorpha: Leporidae, and Macroscelidea: Macroscelididae . All parasitic stages have been collected from Lagomorpha: Leporidae; adults alone have been found on Artiodactyla: Bovidae and Suidae, Carnivora: Canidae and Felidae, and Perissodactyla: Equidae; nymphs and larvae have been taken from Macroscelidea: Macroscelididae, and larvae alone from Galliformes: Phasianidae (Guglielmone et al. 2014, Horak et al. 2018). There are no records of Rhipicephalus exophthalmos causing human parasitism.

M: Zumpt (1950), under the name Rhipicephalus oculatus, as explained in Keirans et al. (1993b) citing Zumpt (1949)

F: Zumpt (1950), under the name Rhipicephalus oculatus, as explained in Keirans et al. (1993b) citing Zumpt (1949)

N: Theiler and Robinson (1953), under the name Rhipicephalus oculatus, as explained in Keirans et al. (1993b) L: Theiler and Robinson (1953) under the name Rhipicephalus oculatus, as explained in Keirans et al. (1993b) Redescriptions

M: Keirans et al. (1993b), Walker et al. (2000), Horak et al. (2018)

F: Keirans et al. (1993b), Walker et al. (2000), Horak et al. (2018)

N: Keirans et al. (1993b), Walker et al. (2000)

L: Keirans et al. (1993b), Walker et al. (2000)

Note: see Rhipicephalus oculatus for its confusion with Rhipicephalus exophthalmos .