Rhipicephalus cuspidatus Neumann, 1906

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 : 220

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scientific name	Rhipicephalus cuspidatus Neumann, 1906
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An Afrotropical species whose adults are usually found on Artiodactyla : Suidae . All parasitic stages have been collected from Artiodactyla : Suidae , and Rodentia : Hystricidae ; adults and nymphs have been recovered from Carnivora : Canidae and Hyaenidae , Rodentia : Thryonomyidae , and Tubulidentata : Orycteropodidae ; nymphs alone have been found on Artiodactyla : Bovidae , Carnivora : Felidae and Herpestidae , and Galliformes : Phasianidae . There are no records of Rhipicephalus cuspidatus causing human parasitism.

M: Neumann (1906)

F: Neumann (1906)

N: Walker et al. (2000)

L: Walker et al. (2000)

Redescriptions

M: Theiler (1947), Tendeiro (1951, 1952), Hoogstraal (1956a), Elbl and Anastos (1966c), Matthysse and Colbo (1987), Walker et al. (2000)

F: Theiler (1947), Tendeiro (1951, 1952), Hoogstraal (1956a), Elbl and Anastos (1966c), Matthysse and Colbo (1987), Walker et al. (2000)

N: none

L: none

Note: Hoogstraal (1956a) states that the description of Rhipicephalus cuspidatus in Zumpt (1950) refers to another species; although Walker et al. (2000) do not discuss Hoogstraal’s statement, the redescription in Zumpt (1950) is not included in the above lists.

References

Elbl, A. & Anastos, G. (1966 c) Ixodid ticks (Acarina, Ixodidae) of Central Africa. Volume III. Genus Rhipicephalus Koch, 1844. Annales du Musee Royal de l' Afrique Centrale, Serie 8, Sciences Zoologique, 147, 1 - 555.

Hoogstraal, H. (1956 a) African Ixodoidea. I. Ticks of the Sudan (with special reference to Equatoria Province and with preliminary reviews of the genera Boophilus, Margaropus and Hyalomma). Research Report NM 005 050.29. 07. Department of the Navy, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, Washington D. C., 1101 pp.

Matthysse, J. G. & Colbo, M. H. (1987) The ixodid ticks of Uganda. Entomological Society of America, College, Park, Maryland, 426 pp.

Neumann, L. G. (1906) Notes sur les Ixodides. IV. Archives de Parasitologie, 10, 195 - 219.

Tendeiro, J. (1951) Ixodideos da Guine Portuguesa. Nota sobre duas carracas do genero Rhipicephalus. Boletim Cultural da Guine Portuguesa, 24, 909 - 928.

Tendeiro, J. (1952) Ixodideos da Guine Portuguesa. Chaves para a identificacao das carracas guineenses. Lista de hospedeiros e de especies. Anais do Instituto de Medicina Tropical, 9, 195 - 263.

Theiler, G. (1947) Ticks of the South African Zoological Survey Collection. Part VI. - Little known African rhipicephalids. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Science and Animal Industry, 21, 253 - 300.

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

Zumpt, F. (1950) Preliminary study to a revision of the genus Rhipicephalus Koch. Key to the adult ticks of the genus Rhipicephalus and description of two new species. Mocambique, 60, 57 - 169. [this paper is usually cited as having been published in 1949]