Rhipicephalus rossicus, Yakimov & Kohl-Yakimova, 1911

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 : 190

rossicus Yakimov & Kohl-Yakimova, 1911 , Rhipicephalus

Yakimov, V.L. & Kohl-Yakimova, N. (1911) Étude des ixodidés de Russie. Archives de Parasitologie, 14, 416– 425.

Type depositories: BMNH: syntypes (a male and a female) ( Keirans & Hillyard 2001), ZIAC: a syntype (male) ( Filippova 1996, 2008)

Type locality: Saratov, Russia

Type host: dog

Comments: a neotype (male) of Rhipicephalus rossicus was designated by Filippova (1996) and repeated in Filippova (2008) for a tick collected from vegetation in the Province of Volgograd, Russia. However, Keirans & Hillyard (2001) rejected this neotype designation because syntypes of Rhipicephalus rossicus still exist, and this specimen is treated here as a syntype. Zahler et al. (1997) considered it probable that Rhipicephalus pumilio is a synonym of Rhipicephalus rossicus .