Robertsicus elaphensis, Price, 1959

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 : 75-76

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5606.1.1
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scientific name	Robertsicus elaphensis
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Type host: human elaphensis Price, 1959 , Aponomma

Price, M.A. (1959) A new species of tick from the trans-Pecos region of Texas. Journal of Parasitology, 44, 649– 651.

Type depositories: USNTC: holotype (male) and paratypes (males, females and nymphs) ; ANIC, BMNH, DECT, DEP, FMNH, INHS, MCZ, OVI, TSDHL, UH and UM: paratypes (males, females, nymphs)

Type locality: Chisos Mountains , Big Bend National Park, Texas, USA

Type host: Elaphe subocularis

Current status: a synonym of Robertsicus elaphensis and its original name, as discussed in Barker & Burger (2018). The current status of Aponomma elaphensis , as Robertsicus elaphensis , was also provided by these authors.