Rhipicephalus senegalensis, Koch, 1844

Robbins, Richard G., Nava, Santiago, Ronai, Isobel, Chong, Kaylin L. & Guglielmone, Alberto A., 2025, Type specimens of the world’s hard tick species (Acari: Ixodida: Ixodidae): collection data and depositories for all valid names and the current status of invalid names, Zootaxa 5606 (1), pp. 1-287 : 197

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5606.1.1
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scientific name	Rhipicephalus senegalensis
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Type host: not stated senegalensis Koch, 1844 View in CoL , Rhipicephalus

Koch, C.L. (1844) Systematische Übersicht über die Ordnung der Zecken. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, 10, 217– 239.

Type depository: ZMB: syntypes (females) (Moritz & Fischer 1983)

Type locality: Egypt ? and Senegal

Type host: not stated

Comments:the Egyptian record of Rhipicephalus senegalensis is considered to be either a consequence of mislabeling or a diagnostic error by Hoogstraal (1956a), an opinion supported by other workers.