TABLE 3.
Annotated checklist of the tick species collected from African elephants.
| No | Tick | References |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amblyomma astrion | Theiler (1962); Uilenberg et al. (2013) |
| 2 | Amblyomma cohaerens | Theiler (1962); Matthysse and Colbo (1987) |
| 3 | Amblyomma eburneum | Kariuki et al. (present article) |
| 4 | Amblyomma gemma | Theiler (1962) |
| 5 | Amblyomma hebraeum | Horak et al. (2018) |
| 6 | Amblyomma sparsum | Theiler (1962); Walker (1974) |
| 7 | Amblyomma tholloni | Hoogstraal (1956); Aeschlimann (1967); Yeoman and Walker (1967); Baker and Keep (1970); Walker (1974); Uilenberg et al. (2013); Kariuki et al. (present article) |
| 8 | Amblyomma variegatum | Theiler (1962); Uilenberg et al. (2013) |
| 9 | Dermacentor circumguttatus | Theiler (1962); Aeschlimann (1967); Yeoman and Walker (1967); Uilenberg et al. (2013); Kariuki et al. (present article) |
| 10 | Dermacentor rhinocerinus | Theiler (1962) |
| 11 | Hyalomma truncatum | Turner et al. (2017); Horak et al. (2018) |
| 12 | Rhipicephalus appendiculatus | Theiler (1962); Baker and Keep (1970); Walker et al. (2000); Kariuki et al. (present article) |
| 13 | Rhipicephalus compositus | Theiler (1962); Kariuki et al. (present article) |
| 14 | Rhipicephalus dux | Walker et al. (2000) |
| 15 | Rhipicephalus evertsi evertsi | Walker (1974); Walker et al. (2000) |
| 16 | Rhipicephalus humeralis | Theiler (1962); Walker (1974); Walker et al. (2000); Kariuki et al. (present article) |
| 17 | Rhipicephalus kochi | Walker et al. (2000) |
| 18 | Rhipicephalus longus | Theiler (1962); Walker et al. (2000); Uilenberg et al. (2013) |
| 19 | Rhipicephalus maculatus | Theiler (1962); Yeoman and Walker (1967); Baker and Keep (1970); Walker (1974); Walker et al. (2000); Kariuki et al. (present article) |
| 20 | Rhipicephalus muehlensi | Theiler (1962); Baker and Keep (1970); Walker et al. (2000) |
| 21 | Rhipicephalus planus | Walker et al. (2000) |
| 22 | Rhipicephalus praetextatus | Walker et al. (2000); Fyumagwa et al. (2007); Kariuki et al. (present article) |
| 23 | Rhipicephalus pravus | Theiler (1962); Walker (1974); Walker et al. (2000) |
| 24 | Rhipicephalus pulchellus | Theiler (1962); Walker (1974); Walker et al. (2000); Kariuki et al. (present article) |
| 25 | Rhipicephalus senegalensis | Theiler (1962); Walker et al. (2000) |
| 26 | Rhipicephalus simus | Theiler (1962); Baker and Keep (1970); Walker et al. (2000) |
| 27 | Rhipicephalus ziemanni | Walker et al. (2000) |