Rhipicephalus oculatus, Neumann, 1901

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 : 157

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5606.1.1
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scientific name	Rhipicephalus oculatus
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oculatus Neumann, 1901 View in CoL , Rhipicephalus

Neumann, L.G. (1901) Révision de la famille des ixodidés (4 e mémoire). Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France, 14, 249–372.

Type depositories: ZMB and ZSH?: syntypes (males and females) ( Walker et al. 2000)

Type locality: Damaraland , Namibia

Type host: Lepus timidus and cow

Comments: Neumann (1901) maintained that all specimens from his description of Rhipicephalus oculatus were deposited in the ZMB. Neumann (1901) also stated that one female tick was found at Kilosa, Tanzania, but Keirans et al. (1993) believed that this locality is incorrect for Rhipicephalus oculatus , adding that this specimen, which is lost, may, in fact, be Rhipicephalus pravus . Keirans et al. (1993) also said that from the five specimens Neumann (1901) used to describe this species, only a male and a female exist in the ZMB, numbers confirmed by Moritz & Fischer (1981).