Rhipicephalus distinctus Bedford, 1932

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 : 221

22. Rhipicephalus distinctus Bedford, 1932 .

An Afrotropical species, all of whose parasitic stages are usually found on Hyracoidea : Procaviidae , but all parasitic stages have also been collected from Lagomorpha : Leporidae , and Carnivora : Felidae ; immature stages have been recovered from Rodentia : Muridae , Nesomyidae and Pedetidae , Macroscelidea : Macroscelididae , and Carnivora : Herpestidae . Rhipicephalus distinctus is a very rare parasite of humans.

M: Bedford (1929), under the name Rhipicephalus punctatus and given its current name in Bedford (1932)

F: Bedford (1929), under the name Rhipicephalus punctatus

N: Theiler (1947)

L: Walker et al. (2000)

Redescriptions

M: Zumpt (1943a), Matthysse and Colbo (1987), Walker et al. (2000), Horak et al. (2018)

F: Zumpt (1943a), Matthysse and Colbo (1987), Walker et al. (2000), Horak et al. (2018)

N: Walker et al. (2000)

L: none