Rhipicephalus praetextatus Gerstacker 1873
Description
60. Rhipicephalus praetextatus Gerstäcker, 1873.
Afrotropical: 1) Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2) Djibouti, 3) Eritrea, 4) Ethiopia, 5) Kenya, 6) Saudi Arabia (south), 7) Somalia, 8) South Sudan, 9) Sudan, 10) Tanzania, 11) Uganda, 12) Yemen; Palearctic: 1) Egypt (Pegram et al. 1987 a, Walker et al. 2000, Lynen et al. 2007, Kolonin 2009, ElGhali & Hassan 2012, Abdally et al. 2020, Byaruhanga et al. 2021, Olivieri et al. 2021, Peter et al. 2021).
Camicas et al. (1998) treated Rhipicephalus praetextatus as an Afrotropical species, but records from Egypt (Palearctic) are regarded as valid here, although Okely et al. (2022) listed this species as non-endemic in Egypt.
Rhipicephalus praetextatus had been widely confused with Rhipicephalus simus and Rhipicephalus muhsamae prior to its reinstatement by Pegram et al. (1987a). However, the geographical limits of the distribution of Rhipicephalus praetextatus are uncertain. Walker et al. (2000) listed Egypt, Ethiopia, Somalia, Uganda and Yemen as the only countries where the presence of Rhipicephalus praetextatus has been confirmed. On the other hand, these authors regarded this tick as widespread in northeastern Africa, although records from countries other than those just named require definitive confirmation, and they are provisionally included within the range of Rhipicephalus praetextatus.
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Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Ixodidae
- Genus
- Rhipicephalus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Ixodida
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Gerstacker
- Species
- praetextatus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Rhipicephalus praetextatus Gerstacker, 1873 sec. Guglielmone, Nava & Robbins, 2023
References
- Gerstacker, A. (1873) Gliderthiere (Insekten, Arachniden, Myriapoden und Isopoden) In: O. Kersten (Editor), Baron Carl Claus von der Decken's Reisen in Ost Africa in den Jahre 1859 bis 1865. 3, Wissenschaftlicher Theil, C. J. Winter'sche Verlaghandlung, Leipzig und Heidelberg, 542 pp.
- Pegram, R. G., Walker, J. B., Clifford, C. M. & Keirans, J. E. (1987 a) Comparison of populations of the Rhipicephalus simus group: R. simus, R. praetextatus, and R. muhsamae (Acari: Ixodidae). Journal of Medical Entomology, 24, 666 - 682. https: // doi. org / 10.1093 / jmedent / 24.6.666
- Idris, M. A., Ruppel, A. & Petney, T. (2000) Antibodies against rickettsia in humans and potential vector ticks from Dhofar, Oman. Medical Sciences, 2, 7 - 10.
- Lynen, G., Zeman, P., Bakuname, C., Di Giulio, G., Mtui, P., Sanka, P. & Jongejan, F. (2007) Cattle ticks of the genera Rhipicephalus and Amblyomma of economic importance in Tanzania: distribution assessed with GIS based on an extensive field survey. Experimental and Applied Acarology, 43, 303 - 319. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / s 10493 - 007 - 9123 - 9
- Kolonin, G. V. (2009) Fauna of ixodid ticks of the world. https: // archive. is / CtZk. Last accessed February 11, 2022.
- ElGhali, A. & Hassan, S. M. (2012) Ticks infesting animals in the Sudan and southern Sudan: past and current status: research communication. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 79, 1 - 6. https: // doi. org / 10.4102 / ojvr. v 79 i 1.431
- Abdally, M. H., Al-Marri, T. M., Abdally, H. M. & Al-Jabr, O. (2020) Incidence and prevalence of hard ticks in ruminants of Al- Ahsa oasis region, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. World Veterinary Journal, 10, 276 - 285. https: // doi. org / 10.36380 / scil. 2020. wvj 36
- Byaruhanga, C., Akure, P. C., Lubembe, D. M., Sibeko-Matjila, K., Troskie, M., Oosthuizen, M. C. & Stoltsz, H. (2021) Molecular detection and characterisation of protozoan and rickettsial pathogens in ticks from cattle in the pastoral area of Karamoja, Uganda. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, 12 (4) (article 101709), 1 - 11. https: // doi. org / 10.1016 / j. ttbdis. 2021.101709
- Olivieri, E., Kariuki, E., Floriano, A. M., Castelli, M., Tafesse, Y. M., Magoga, G., Kumsa, B., Montagna, B. & Sassera, D. (2021) Multi-country investigation of the diversity and associated microorganisms isolated from tick species from domestic animals, wildlife and vegetation in selected African countries. Experimental and Applied Acarology, 83, 427 - 448. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / s 10493 - 021 - 00598 - 3
- Peter, S. G., Kariuki, H. W., Aboge, G. O., Gakuya, D. W., Maingi, N. & Mulei, C. M. (2021) Prevalence of ticks infesting dairy cattle and the pathogens they harbour in smallholder farms in peri-urban areas of Nairobi, Kenya. Veterinary Medicine International, 2021 (article 9501648), 1 - 11. https: // doi. org / 10.1155 / 2021 / 9501648
- Camicas, J. L., Hervy, J. P., Adam, F. & Morel, P. C. (1998) Les tiques du monde. Nomenclature, stades decrits, hotes, repartition (Acarida, Ixodida). Orstom, Paris, 233 pp.
- Okely, M., Chen, Z., Anan, R. & Gad-Allah, S. (2022) Updated checklist of the hard ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) of Egypt, with notes of livestock host and tick-borne pathogens. Systematic & Applied Acarology, 27, 811 - 838. https: // doi. org / 10.11158 / saa. 27.5.1
- 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