Procavia ruficeps

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 : 36

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5606.1.1
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scientific name	Procavia ruficeps
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Type host: Procavia ruficeps boulengeri Hirst & Hirst, 1910 , Amblyomma

Hirst, S. & Hirst, L.F. (1910) Description of five new species of ticks ( Ixodidae ). Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 8, 6 (33), 299–308.

Type depository: not stated ( Hirst & Hirst 1910): syntypes (males and a female); BMNH: a syntype (female) ( Keirans & Hillyard 2001)

Type locality: Hood Island , Galápagos, Ecuador

Type host: Tropidurus delanoni

Comments: Keirans & Hillyard (2001) stated that the depositories of the male types of Amblyomma boulengeri are unknown.