197. Ixodes rubicundus Neumann, 1904.

An Afrotropical species whose adults are usually found on Artiodactyla: Bovidae; larvae and nymphs commonly feed on Macroscelidea: Macroscelididae. All parasitic stages have been collected from Artiodactyla: Bovidae, Carnivora: Felidae, and Lagomorpha: Leporidae; adults and nymphs have been recovered from Carnivora: Canidae and Hyaenidae; one adult and a few larvae have been found on Passeriformes: Ploceidae; nymphs and larvae alone have been taken from Macroscelidea: Macroscelididae, and Rodentia: Muridae and Nesomyidae; and larvae alone have been found on Carnivora: Herpestidae, Perissodactyla: Equidae, and Passeriformes: Alaudidae. Ixodes rubicundus is a very rare parasite of humans.

M: Neumann (1904)

F: Neumann (1904)

N: Arthur (1965)

L: Arthur (1965)

Redescriptions

M: Dönitz (1910a), Nuttall and Warburton (1911), Arthur (1965)

F: Dönitz (1910a), Nuttall and Warburton (1911), Arthur (1965), Walker A.R. et al. (2003), Horak et al. (2018)

N: none

L: Sénevet and Ripert (1967b), Clifford et al. (1975b)