Dermacentor rhinocerinus ( Denny, 1843 )

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 : 144-145

34. Dermacentor rhinocerinus ( Denny, 1843) .

An Afrotropical species whose adults are usually found on Peris-sodactyla: Rhinocerotidae ; larvae and nymphs have been collected from Rodentia : Muridae .Adults alone have been recovered from Mammalia (several orders), with a rare record from Squamata : Varanidae . Dermacentor rhinocerinus is a very rare parasite of humans.

M: Denny (1843)

F: Neumann (1897)

N: Clifford and Anastos (1964)

L: Keirans (1993)

Redescriptions

M: Dönitz (1910a), Hoogstraal (1956a), Arthur (1960a), Elbl and Anastos (1966d), Matthysse and Colbo (1987), Keirans (1993), Horak et al. (2018)

F: Dönitz (1910a), Hoogstraal (1956a), Arthur (1960a), Elbl and Anastos (1966d), Matthysse and Colbo (1987), Keirans (1993), Horak et al. (2018)

N: Keirans (1993)

L: none

Note: see Amblyomma rhinocerotis for its confusion with Dermacentor rhinocerinus .