Rhipicephalus punctatissimus Gerstäcker, 1873 Dataset GBIF Backbone Taxonomy Rank SPECIES Classification kingdom Animalia phylum Arthropoda class Arachnida order Ixodida family Ixodidae genus Rhipicephalus species Rhipicephalus sulcatus Name Homonyms Rhipicephalus punctatissimus Gerstäcker, 1873