DERMACENTOR-RHINOCERINUS (DENNY 1843) (ACARI, IXODIDA, IXODIDAE) - REDESCRIPTION OF THE MALE, FEMALE AND NYMPH AND 1ST DESCRIPTION OF THE LARVA

Presented is a diagnosis of the male, female and nymph of Dermacentor rhinocerinus, and the 1st description of the larval stage. Adult Derma centor rhinocerinus parasitize both the black rhinoceros, Diceros bico rnis, and the white rhinoceros, Ceratotherium simum. Although various other large mammals have been recorded as hosts for D. rhinocerinus, o nly the 2 species of rhinoceros are primary hosts for adults in variou s areas of east, central and southern Africa. Adults collected from ve getation in the Kruger National Park, Transvaal, South Africa were rea red on rabbits at the Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, where larvae were obtained for the 1st time.