Rhipicephalus arakeri, Hiredougar, 1975

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 : 19

arakeri Hiredougar, 1975 , Rhipicephalus

Hiregoudar, L.S. (1975) On Rhipicephalus ticks of Gujarat, together with a description of a new species – Rhipicephalus arakeri from a common Indian rat. Mysore Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 9, 473–479.

Type depositories: ZSI?: holotype (male) and paratypes (a male, a female); USNTC?: paratype (?) ( Walker et al. 2000)

Type locality: Anand , Gujarat, India

Type host: Mus rattus

Current status: a synonym of Rhipicephalus ramachandrai , as discussed in Walker et al. (2000).

Comments: Hiredougar (1975) listed larvae and nymphs as paratypes of Rhipicephalus arakeri , but only the male and female were described. Walker et al. (2000) stated that the types were not found in the ZSI, and also listed a paratype held in the USNTC, but this specimen does not appear in the catalog of USNTC types by Keirans & Clifford (1984).