Rhipicephalus simus, 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 : 202-203

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5606.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:D0851EDA-FE18-4F87-9245-B108786B22F4

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/8263FE48-FF0C-42DF-FF23-F8B8FA84FEB5

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Rhipicephalus simus
status

 

simus View in CoL planus Neumann, 1907 , Rhipicephalus

Neumann, L.G. (1907) Ixodidae . Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Schwedischen zoologischen Expedition nach dem Kilimandjaro, Meru Deutsch-Ostafrikas 1905–1906, Prof. Y. Sjöstedt, Abteilung 20, Arachnoidea (2), 17–30. Type depository: unknown: syntypes (males and females) ( Walker et al. 2000)

Type localities: Kibonoto , Steppe, Kilimanjaro, Tanzania

Type host: Hystrix africaeaustralis

Current status: a synonym of Rhipicephalus planus and its original name ( Camicas et al. 1998, Walker et al. 2000). The current status of Rhipicephalus simus planus , as Rhipicephalus planus , was established by Morel (1969).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Ixodida

Family

Ixodidae

Genus

Rhipicephalus

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