78. Rhipicephalus theileri Bedford and Hewitt, 1925. An Afrotropical species, all of whose parasitic stages are usually found on Carnivora: Herpestidae, and Rodentia: Sciuridae. Adults and nymphs have been collected from Carnivora: Canidae; adults alone have been taken from Mammalia (several orders). There are no records of Rhipicephalus theileri causing human parasitism. M: Bedford and Hewitt (1925) F: Bedford and Hewitt (1925) N: Walker et al. (2000) L: Walker et al. (2000) Redescriptions M: Theiler (1947), Zumpt (1950), Walker et al. (2000), Horak et al. (2018) F: Theiler (1947), Walker et al. (2000), Horak et al. (2018) N: none L: none

Published as part of Guglielmone, Alberto A., Petney, Trevor N. & Robbins, Richard G., 2020, Ixodidae (Acari: Ixodoidea): descriptions and redescriptions of all known species from 1758 to December 31, 2019, pp. 1-322 in Zootaxa 4871 (1) on page 239, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4871.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4423340