Rhipicephalus hoogstraali

Rhipicephalus hoogstraali
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Subclass: Acari
Order: Parasitiformes
Family: Ixodidae
Genus: Rhipicephalus
Species: R. hoogstraali
Binomial name
Rhipicephalus hoogstraali
Kolonin, 2009

Rhipicephalus hoogstraali is a tick found in Djibouti and Somalia.[1] First recognized by Harry Hoogstraal as Rhipicephalus longicoxatus based on an incomplete published description, after discovery of the holotype of R. longicoxatus,[2] it was described and named to honor Hoogstraal in 2009.[1]

The specific epithet is not universally accepted as valid, because the species was not described according to the accepted rules of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature.[3]

Hosts

R. hoogstraali parasitizes sheep, goats, camels and cattle.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Gennadiĭ Vladimirovich Kolonin: Fauna of Ixodid Ticks of the World (Acari, Ixodidae), Rhipicephalus hoogstraali Kolonin sp. n., http://www.kolonin.org/17_2.html#r27, Moscow, 2009.
  2. Jane B. Walker, James E. Keirans and Ivan G. Horak. 2000. The Genus Rhipicephalus (Acari, Ixodidae) in A Guide to the Brown Ticks of the World, Cambridge University Press, 643 pp.
  3. Alberto A. Guglielmone, Richard G. Robbins, Dmitry A. Apanaskevich, Trevor N. Petney, Agustin Estrada-Pena, Ivan Gerard Horak, Renfu Shao, and Stephen C. Barker. 2010. The Argasidae, Ixodidae and Nuttalliellidae (Acari: Ixodida) of the world: a list of valid species names, Zootaxa 2528: 1-28, http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2010/f/z02528p028f.pdf, accessed 28 Oct 2012.
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