30. Rhipicephalus gertrudae Feldman-Muhsam, 1960 .

An Afrotropical species whose adults are usually found on Artiodactyla: Bovidae, while larvae and nymphs are commonly recovered from Rodentia: Muridae . Adult ticks have also been recovered from Mammalia (several orders), with rare records from Testudines: Testudinidae, Passeriformes: Ploceidae, and Struthioniformes: Struthionidae; immature stages have been collected from Lagomorpha: Leporidae, Macroscelidea: Macroscelididae, Rodentia: Gliridae and Hystricidae, Galliformes: Numididae and Phasianidae, and Passeriformes: Muscicapidae and Pycnonotidae . Rhipicephalus gertrudae is a sporadic parasite of humans.

M: Feldman-Muhsam (1960)

F: Feldman-Muhsam (1960)

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

Note: Horak et al. (2018) emphasized the difficulties involved in morphologically separating the larvae and nymphs of Rhipicephalus follis, Rhipicephalus gertrudae, Rhipicephalus simus and Rhipicephalus tricuspis, preferring instead to identify such specimens as members of the Rhipicephalus gertrudae group.