Rhipicephalus praetextatus Gerstäcker, 1873

Guglielmone, Alberto A., Petney, Trevor N. & Robbins, Richard G., 2020, Ixodidae (Acari: Ixodoidea): descriptions and redescriptions of all known species from 1758 to December 31, 2019, Zootaxa 4871 (1), pp. 1-322 : 233

58. Rhipicephalus praetextatus Gerstäcker, 1873 .

An Afrotropical and Palearctic species whose adults are usually found on Artiodactyla : Bovidae , but they have also been recovered from Mammalia (several orders), and rarely from Galliformes : Phasianidae . Nymphs and larvae have been collected from Rodentia : Hystricidae and Muridae . Rhipicephalus praetextatus is a rare parasite of humans.

M: Gerstäcker (1873)

F: Gerstäcker (1873), under the name Rhipicephalus perpulcher , a synonym of Rhipicephalus praetextatus

N: Pegram et al. (1987a)

L: Pegram et al. (1987a)

Redescriptions

M: Pegram et al. (1987a), Walker et al. (2000), Walker, A.R. et al. (2003)

F: Pegram et al. (1987a), Walker et al. (2000), Walker, A.R. et al. (2003)

N: Walker et al. (2000)

L: Walker et al. (2000)

Note: according to Pegram et al. (1987a), who reinstated Rhipicephalus praetextatus , this species had previously been extensively confused with Rhipicephalus simus . See also Rhipicephalus muhsamae for a discussion of the difficulties involved in morphologically separating that species from related species, including Rhipicephalus praetextatus .