Rhipicephalus hoogstraali

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]

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

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. 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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