Rhipicephalus gertrudae Feldman-Muhsam, 1960

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 : 223

30. Rhipicephalus gertrudae Feldman-Muhsam, 1960 .

An Afrotropical species whose adults are usually found on Artiodactyla : Bovidae , while larvae and nymphs are commonly recovered from Rodentia : Muridae . Adult ticks have also been recovered from Mammalia (several orders), with rare records from Testudines : Testudinidae , Passeriformes : Ploceidae , and Struthioniformes : Struthionidae ; immature stages have been collected from Lagomorpha : Leporidae , Macroscelidea : Macroscelididae , Rodentia : Gliridae and Hystricidae , Galliformes : Numididae and Phasianidae , and Passeriformes : Muscicapidae and Pycnonotidae . Rhipicephalus gertrudae is a sporadic parasite of humans.

M: Feldman-Muhsam (1960)

F: Feldman-Muhsam (1960)

N: Walker et al. (2000)

L: Walker et al. (2000)

Redescriptions

M: Walker et al. (2000), Horak et al. (2018)

F: Walker et al. (2000), Horak et al. (2018)

N: none

L: none

Note: Horak et al. (2018) emphasized the difficulties involved in morphologically separating the larvae and nymphs of Rhipicephalus follis , Rhipicephalus gertrudae , Rhipicephalus simus and Rhipicephalus tricuspis , preferring instead to identify such specimens as members of the Rhipicephalus gertrudae group.