Rhipicephalus longus Neumann, 1907a

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43. Rhipicephalus longus Neumann, 1907a .

An Afrotropical species whose adults are usually found on Artiodactyla : Bovidae and Suidae , but they have also been recovered from Mammalia (several orders); immature stages have been collected from rodent burrows. Rhipicephalus longus is a very rare parasite of humans.

M: Neumann (1907a)

F: Neumann (1908d) , under the name Rhipicephalus falcatus , a synonym of Rhipicephalus longus

N: Walker et al. (2000)

L: Walker et al. (2000)

Redescriptions

M: Neumann (1908d) , under the name Rhipicephalus falcatus , a synonym of Rhipicephalus longus, Hoogstraal (1956a) , Santos Dias (1956c, under the name Rhipicephalus confusus , another synonym of Rhipicephalus longus ), Clifford and Anastos (1962), Elbl and Anastos (1966c), Walker et al. (2000)

F: Hoogstraal (1956a), Santos Dias (1956c), under the name Rhipicephalus confusus, Clifford and Anastos (1962) , Elbl and Anastos (1966c), Walker et al. (2000)

N: none

L: none

Note: see Rhipicephalus pseudolongus and Rhipicephalus senegalensis for a discussion of the difficulties involved in morphologically separating these ticks from related species, including Rhipicephalus longus .