Rhipicephalus tetracornus Kitaoka and Suzuki, 1983

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 : 239

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scientific name	Rhipicephalus tetracornus Kitaoka and Suzuki, 1983
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77. Rhipicephalus tetracornus Kitaoka and Suzuki, 1983 .

An Oriental species whose larvae and nymphs have been found on Rodentia : Muridae ; larvae alone have been collected from Rodentia : Cricetidae , and Soricomorpha : Soricidae . There are no records of Rhipicephalus tetracornus causing human parasitism.

M: Kitaoka and Suzuki (1983)

F: Kitaoka and Suzuki (1983)

N: Kitaoka and Suzuki (1983)

L: Kitaoka and Suzuki (1983); see note below

Redescriptions: none

Note: Kitaoka and Suzuki (1983) state that it is not absolutely certain that the larva described by them represents Rhipicephalus tetracornus . Kolonin (2009) does not include this species in his list of the Ixodidae of the world, and Walker et al. (2000) treat Rhipicephalus tetracornus as incertae sedis. However, Guglielmone et al. (2009, 2010, 2014, 2015) and Guglielmone and Nava (2014) found no clear reason to declare Rhipicephalus tetracornus invalid.

References

Guglielmone, A. A., Robbins, R. G., Apanaskevich, D. A., Petney, T. N., Estrada-Pena, A. & Horak, I. G. (2009) Comments on controversial tick (Acari: Ixodida) species names and species described or resurrected from 2003 to 2008. Experimental and Applied Acarology, 48, 311 - 327. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / s 10493 - 009 - 9246 - 2

Guglielmone, A. A. & Nava, S. (2014) Names for Ixodidae (Acari: Ixodoidea): valid, synonyms, incertae sedis, nomina dubia, nomina nuda, lapsus, incorrect and suppressed names - with notes on confusions and misidentifications. Zootaxa, 3767 (1), 1 - 256. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3767.1.1

Kitaoka, S. & Suzuki, H. (1983) Studies on the parasite fauna of Thailand 5. Parasitic ticks on mammals and description of Ixodes siamensis sp. n. and Rhipicephalus tetracornus sp. n. (Acarina: Ixodidae). Tropical Medicine, 25, 205 - 219.

Kolonin, G. V. (2009) Fauna of ixodid ticks of the world. https: // archive. is / CtZk (accessed 26 February 2019)

Walker, J. B., Keirans, J. E. & Horak, I. G. (2000) The genus Rhipicephalus (Acari: Ixodidae): a guide to the brown ticks of the world. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 643 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.1017 / CBO 9780511661754