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Checklist for Superfamily Ixodoidea Banks, 1894
and region Africa (Continents)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
531
4342
23365
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
462
3675
20216
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Acari
Nitzsch, 1818
Mites and Ticks
363
1893
8353
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Parasitiformes
Reuter, 1909
Mites, Ticks
64
279
1555
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Ixodida
Sundevall, 1833
Hard ticks, Soft ticks, Tick, Ticks
4
18
371
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Ixodides
Leach, 1815
Ticks
2
8
154
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Ixodoidea
Banks, 1894
1
7
153
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Africa
1 Family width 153 Species and 2 Subspecies
Ixodidae C. L. Koch, 1844Hard Tick153SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Africa
7 Genera with 153 Species
Boophilus Curtice, 18884SpeciesTaxom
Cosmiomma Schulze, 18431SpeciesTaxom
Haemaphysalis Koch, 197454SpeciesTaxom
Ixodes Latreille, 198289SpeciesTaxom
Margaropus Karsch, 18794SpeciesTaxom
Pholeoixodes Schultze, 19731SpeciesTaxom
Rhipicentor Nuttall & Wa..., 19082SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Africa
153 Species and 2 Subspecies
Boophilus (Margaropus) annulatus (australis To..., 1944)⇒ Rhipicephalus microplus Canestrini, 1888
Boophilus decoloratus (Alessandrini, 1917)⇒ 
Boophilus fallax (Minning, 1934)⇒ Rhipicephalus microplus Canestrini, 1888
Boophilus microplus (Canestrini, 1888)⇒ Rhipicephalus australis Fuller, 1899
Cosmiomma hippopotamensis Denny, 1843
Haemaphysalis (Aboimisalis) punctata Canestrini &..., 1878Coastal Red Tick
Haemaphysalis (Alloceraea) inermis (Birula, 1895)⇒ Haemaphysalis aponommoides Warburton, 1913
Haemaphysalis (Herpetobia) sulcata (Canestrini &..., 1878)⇒ Haemaphysalis punctata Canestrini &..., 1878
Haemaphysalis (Rhipistoma) asiatica Supino, 1897
Haemaphysalis (Rhipistoma) calcarata (Neumann, 1902)⇒ Haemaphysalis asiatica Supino, 1897
Haemaphysalis (Rhipistoma) hispanica Gil Collado, 1938European rabbit haemaphysalid
Haemaphysalis aciculifer (Warburton, 1913)⇒ Haemaphysalis rugosa Santos Dias, 1956
Haemaphysalis anoplos Hoogstraal, ..., 1967Madagascar spurless rodent haemaphysalid
Haemaphysalis bancrofti Nuttall & Wa..., 1915Wallaby tick
Haemaphysalis bequaerti Hoogstraal, 1956
Haemaphysalis bochkovi D.Apanaskevi..., 2019
Haemaphysalis burkinae D.Apanaskevi..., 2019
Haemaphysalis camicasi Tomlinson & ..., 2019
Haemaphysalis colesbergensis D.Apanaskevi..., 2008
Haemaphysalis cooleyi Bedford, 1929Cooley's rock-hyrax haemaphysaline
Haemaphysalis elliptica Koch, 1844
Haemaphysalis elongata Neumann, 1897
Haemaphysalis eupleres Hoogstraal, ..., 1965Madagascar Falanouc haemaphysalid
Haemaphysalis fossae Hoogstraal, 1953
Haemaphysalis hoodi (Warburton & ..., 1909)⇒ Haemaphysalis madagascariensis Colas-Belcou..., 1948
Haemaphysalis horaki D.Apanaskevi..., 2019
Haemaphysalis houyi Nuttall & Wa..., 1915
Haemaphysalis hyracophila Hoogstraal, ..., 1971
Haemaphysalis indica Warburton, 1910Indian small carnivore haemaphysalid
Haemaphysalis leachi Audouin, 1826African dog tick
Haemaphysalis lemuris Hoogstraal, 1953
Haemaphysalis leporispalustris Packard, 1869Grouse tick
Haemaphysalis lobachovi Kolonin, 1995
Haemaphysalis madagascariensis Colas-Belcou..., 1948
Haemaphysalis moreli Camicas, Hoo..., 1972
Haemaphysalis muhsamae Santos Dias, 1954
Haemaphysalis nesomys Hoogstraal, ..., 1966Leathery Madagascar rodent haemaphysalid
Haemaphysalis norvali Hoogstraal &..., 1983Norval's southern African hedgehog haemaphysaline
Haemaphysalis obtusa Dönitz, 1910
Haemaphysalis oliveri D.Apanaskevi..., 2008
Haemaphysalis orientalis Nuttall & Wa..., 1915
Haemaphysalis paraleachi Camicas, Hoo..., 1983
Haemaphysalis parmata Neumann, 1905
Haemaphysalis pedetes Hoogstraal, 1972
Haemaphysalis princeps Tomlinson & ..., 2019
Haemaphysalis punctaleachi Camicas, Hoo..., 1973
Haemaphysalis renschi Schulze, 1933Rensch's Indonesian haemaphysalid
Haemaphysalis rugosa Santos Dias, 1956
Haemaphysalis silacea Robinson, 1912Ciskei tick
Haemaphysalis simplex Neumann, 1897
Haemaphysalis simplicima Hoogstraal &..., 1979
Haemaphysalis spinulosa Neumann, 1906
Haemaphysalis subelongata Hoogstraal, 1953
Haemaphysalis subterra Hoogstraal, ..., 1992
Haemaphysalis tauffliebi Morel, 1965
Haemaphysalis theilerae Hoogstraal, 1953
Haemaphysalis tiptoni Hoogstraal, 1953
Haemaphysalis walkerae D.Apanaskevi..., 2019
Haemaphysalis zumpti Hoogstraal &..., 1974
Ixodes (Ceratixodes) uriae White, 1852Common seabird tick
Ixodes (Eschatocephalus) simplex Neumann, 1906Bat tick
Ixodes (Eschatocephalus) vespertilionis Koch, 1844Long-legged Bat Tick
Ixodes (Ixodes) festai (Rondelli, 1926)⇒ Ixodes ventalloi Gil Collado, 1936
Ixodes (Ixodes) gibbosus Nuttall, 1916
Ixodes (Ixodes) hexagonus (Leach, 1815)⇒ Ixodes gibbosus Nuttall, 1916
Ixodes (Ixodes) ovatus Neumann, 1899
Ixodes (Ixodes) ricinus (Murray, 1852)⇒ Ixodes scapularis Say, 1821
Ixodes (Ixodes) ventalloi Gil Collado, 1936Rabbit Tick
Ixodes (Pholeoixodes) hexagonus Leach, 1815
Ixodes (Scaphixodes) frontalis Panzer, 1798Passerine tick
Ixodes albignaci Uilenberg & ..., 1969
Ixodes alluaudi Neumann, 1913
Ixodes ampullaceus Warburton, 1933
Ixodes arabukiensis (Arthur, 1959)⇒ Ixodes djaronensis Neumann, 1907
Ixodes aragaoi Fonseca, 1935
Ixodes arebiensis Arthur, 1956
Ixodes aulacodi Arthur, 1956
Ixodes auriculaelongae Arthur, 1958
Ixodes auritulus Neumann, 1904
Ixodes bakeri Arthur & Cli..., 1961
Ixodes bedfordi Arthur, 1959
Ixodes brewsterae Keirans, Cli..., 1982
Ixodes browningi Arthur, 1956
Ixodes brumpti Morel, 1965
Ixodes brunneus (Koch, 1844)⇒ Ixodes neuquenensis Ringuelet, 1947
Ixodes calcarhebes Arthur & Zulu, 1980
Ixodes catherinei Keirans, Cli..., 1982
Ixodes cavipalpus Nuttall & Wa..., 1908
Ixodes colasbelcouri Arthur, 1957
Ixodes corwini Keirans, Cli..., 1982
Ixodes cumulatimpunctatus Schulze, 1943
Ixodes daveyi Nuttall, 1913
Ixodes dawesi Arthur, 1956
Ixodes diomedeae Arthur, 1958
Ixodes djaronensis Neumann, 1907
Ixodes domerguei Uilenberg & ..., 1965
Ixodes drakensbergensis Clifford, Th..., 1975
Ixodes elongatus Bedford, 1929
Ixodes euplecti Arthur, 1958
Ixodes evansi Arthur, 1956
Ixodes fynbosensis D.Apanaskevi..., 2010
Ixodes heinrichi Arthur, 1962
Ixodes hoogstraali Arthur, 1955
Ixodes inopinatus Estrada-Peña..., 2014
Ixodes kaiseri Arthur, 1957Egyptian fox cub russet tick
Ixodes kerguelenensis André & Cola..., 1942
Ixodes kopsteini Oudemans, 1926
Ixodes latus Arthur, 1958
Ixodes lemuris Arthur, 1958
Ixodes lewisi Arthur, 1965
Ixodes loveridgei Arthur, 1958
Ixodes lunatus (Neumann, 1907)⇒ Ixodes colasbelcouri Arthur, 1957
Ixodes macfarlanei Keirans, Cli..., 1982
Ixodes matopi Spickeltt, K..., 1980
Ixodes microgalei Apanaskevich..., 2013
Ixodes minutae Arthur, 1959
Ixodes moreli Arthur, 1957
Ixodes muniensis Arthur & Burrow, 1957
Ixodes myotomys Clifford & H..., 1970
Ixodes nairobiensis Nuttall, 1916
Ixodes nchisiensis Arthur, 1958
Ixodes neitzi Clifford, Wa..., 1977
Ixodes nesomys Uilenberg & ..., 1969
Ixodes neuquenensis Ringuelet, 1947
Ixodes nicolasi Santos Dias, 1982
Ixodes okapiae Arthur, 1956
Ixodes oldi Nuttall, 1913
Ixodes pilosus Koch, 1844Bush tick
Ixodes procaviae Arthur & Burrow, 1957
Ixodes rageaui Arthur, 1958
Ixodes randrianasoloi Uilenberg & ..., 1969
Ixodes rasus (Neumann, 1899)⇒ Ixodes cumulatimpunctatus Schulze, 1943
Ixodes rasus cumulatimpunctatus (Schulze, 1943)⇒ Ixodes cumulatimpunctatus Schulze, 1943
Ixodes rhabdomysae Arthur, 1959
Ixodes rotundatus Arthur, 1958
Ixodes rubicundus (Neumann, 1904)⇒ Ixodes cavipalpus Nuttall & Wa..., 1908
Ixodes scapularis (Say, 1821)⇒ Rhipicephalus bursa Canestrini &..., 1877
Ixodes schillingsi (Neumann, 1901)⇒ Ixodes rageaui Arthur, 1958
Ixodes spinae Arthur, 1958
Ixodes theilerae Arthur, 1953
Ixodes thomasae Arthur & Burrow, 1957
Ixodes transvaalensis Clifford & H..., 1966
Ixodes trichosuri Roberts, 1960Possum ixodes
Ixodes ugandanus (Neumann, 1906)⇒ Ixodes brumpti Morel, 1965
Ixodes ugandanus djaronensis (Nuttall & Wa..., 1911)⇒ Ixodes djaronensis Neumann, 1907
Ixodes vanidicus Schulze, 1943
Ixodes walkerae Clifford, Ko..., 1968
Ixodes zairensis Keirans, Cli..., 1982
Margaropus lounsburyi (Neumann, 1907)⇒ Margaropus winthemi Karsch, 1879
Margaropus reidi Hoogstraal, 1956Sudanese beady-legged tick
Margaropus wileyi Walker & Lau..., 1973East African giraffe tick
Margaropus winthemi Karsch, 1879Argentine tick
Pholeoixodes hexagonus (Morel & Perez, 1973)⇒ 
Rhipicentor bicornis Nuttall & Wa..., 1908
Rhipicentor nuttalli Cooper & Rob..., 1908

Subnodes of Ixodoidea with occurrences in Africa
FamilyIxodidae
C. L. Koch, 1844
Hard Tick, Hard ticks, Hard-Backed Ticks, Hardbacked Ticks
7
153
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Ixodoidea at artfakta.se
Ixodoidea at biodiversity.org.au
Ixodoidea at dyntaxa.se
Ixodoidea at itis.gov
Ixodoidea at marinespecies.org