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23. Rhipicephalus sanguineus (Latreille, 1806) Host/Habitat. Bos taurus (cattle), Canis lupus familiaris (dog), Felis catus (cat) Hemiechinus auritus (long-eared hedghog), Lepus sinensis,, Lepus yarkandensis (Yarkand hare), Ovis aries (sheep), Vulpes sp. (fox). Distribution. Shanxi (Teng 1978; Teng & Jiang 1991; Zhang et al. 1991; Liu et al. 1996); Taiyuan (Huang 1960); Qingyuan, Ruicheng, Wenxi, Xiaxian, Xinjiang, Yongji, Yuncheng: Xiezhou, Yuncheng (Liu et al. 2005). Remarks. Huang (1960) recorded the species as Rhipicephalus sanguinwus [sic] (Ltrreill [sic], 1804) and Rhipicephalas [sic] sanguineus [sic].

Published as part of Ma, Min, Li, Sheng-Cai & Fan, Qing-Hai, 2015, Mites and ticks (Acari) in Shanxi Province, China: an annotated checklist, pp. 1-39 in Zootaxa 4006 (1) on page 7, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4006.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/289262