Rhipicephalus planus, Neumann, 1907

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 : 171-172

planus Neumann, 1907 , Rhipicephalus

Neumann, L.G. (1907) Ixodidae . Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Schwedischen zoologischen Expedition nach dem Kilimandjaro, Meru Deutsch-Ostafrikas 1905–1906, Prof. Y. Sjöstedt, Abteilung 20, Arachnoidea (2), 17–30. See simus planus Neumann, 1907 , Rhipicephalus planus Neumann, 1910 , Rhipicephalus

Neumann, L.G. (1910) Sur quelques espèces d’Ixodidae nouvelles ou insuffisamment connues. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, Série 9, 12, 161–176.

Type depository: MNHN: syntypes (males and a female)

Type locality: Ivindo basin, Cameroon

Type host: wild boar

Current status: a synonym of Rhipicephalus complanatus and its original name. However, Rhipicephalus planus is a preoccupied name that was subsequently changed to the current name by Neumann (1911b).