''Rhipicephalus hoogstraali'' is a

tick Ticks are parasitic arachnids of the order Ixodida. They are part of the mite superorder Parasitiformes. Adult ticks are approximately 3 to 5 mm in length depending on age, sex, and species, but can become larger when engorged. Ticks a ...

found in

Djibouti Djibouti, officially the Republic of Djibouti, is a country in the Horn of Africa, bordered by Somalia to the south, Ethiopia to the southwest, Eritrea in the north, and the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden to the east. The country has an area ...

and

Somalia Somalia, officially the Federal Republic of Somalia, is the easternmost country in continental Africa. The country is located in the Horn of Africa and is bordered by Ethiopia to the west, Djibouti to the northwest, Kenya to the southwest, th ...

.Gennadiĭ Vladimirovich Kolonin: ''Fauna of Ixodid Ticks of the World (Acari, Ixodidae)'', ''Rhipicephalus hoogstraali'' Kolonin sp. n., http://www.kolonin.org/17_2.html#r27, Moscow, 2009. First recognized by

Harry Hoogstraal Harry Hoogstraal (February 24, 1917 Chicago, Illinois – February 24, 1986 Cairo, Egypt) was an American entomologist and parasitologist. He was described as "the greatest authority on ticks and tickborne diseases who ever lived." The American ...

as '' Rhipicephalus longicoxatus'' based on an incomplete published description, after discovery of the

holotype A holotype (Latin: ''holotypus'') is a single physical example (or illustration) of an organism used when the species (or lower-ranked taxon) was formally described. It is either the single such physical example (or illustration) or one of s ...

of ''R. longicoxatus'',Jane B. Walker, James E. Keirans and Ivan G. Horak. 2000. The Genus ''Rhipicephalus'' (Acari, Ixodidae) in ''A Guide to the Brown Ticks of the World'', Cambridge University Press, 643 pp. it was described and named to honor Hoogstraal in 2009. The

specific epithet In Taxonomy (biology), taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, both of which use Latin gramm ...

is not universally accepted as valid, because the species was not described according to the accepted rules of the

International Code of Zoological Nomenclature The International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN) is a widely accepted Convention (norm), convention in zoology that rules the formal scientific name, scientific naming of organisms treated as animals. It is also informally known as the I ...

.Alberto A. Guglielmone, Richard G. Robbins, Dmitry A. Apanaskevich, Trevor N. Petney, Agustin Estrada-Pena, Ivan Gerard Horak, Renfu Shao, and Stephen C. Barker. 2010. The Argasidae, Ixodidae and Nuttalliellidae (Acari: Ixodida) of the world: a list of valid species names, ''Zootaxa'' 2528: 1-28, http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2010/f/z02528p028f.pdf, accessed 28 Oct 2012.

Hosts

''Rhipicephalus hoogstraali'' parasitizes

sheep Sheep (: sheep) or domestic sheep (''Ovis aries'') are a domesticated, ruminant mammal typically kept as livestock. Although the term ''sheep'' can apply to other species in the genus '' Ovis'', in everyday usage it almost always refers to d ...

goat The goat or domestic goat (''Capra hircus'') is a species of Caprinae, goat-antelope that is mostly kept as livestock. It was domesticated from the wild goat (''C. aegagrus'') of Southwest Asia and Eastern Europe. The goat is a member of the ...

camel A camel (from and () from Ancient Semitic: ''gāmāl'') is an even-toed ungulate in the genus ''Camelus'' that bears distinctive fatty deposits known as "humps" on its back. Camels have long been domesticated and, as livestock, they provid ...

s, and

cattle Cattle (''Bos taurus'') are large, domesticated, bovid ungulates widely kept as livestock. They are prominent modern members of the subfamily Bovinae and the most widespread species of the genus '' Bos''. Mature female cattle are calle ...

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q6049442 Ticks Animals described in 2009 Endemic fauna of Djibouti Ixodidae Nomina nuda

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