Ixodidae (Acari: Ixodoidea): descriptions and redescriptions of all known species from 1758 to December 31, 2019
Author
Guglielmone, Alberto A.
0000-0001-5430-2889
guglielmone.alberto@inta.gob.ar
Author
Petney, Trevor N.
0000-0002-9135-4546
trevor.petney@smnk.de
Author
Robbins, Richard G.
0000-0001-5430-2889
guglielmone.alberto@inta.gob.ar
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Zootaxa
2020
2020-11-05
4871
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1
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journal article
7890
10.11646/zootaxa.4871.1.1
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1175-5326
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11.
Haemaphysalis bancrofti
Nuttall and Warburton, 1915
.
An Australasian species with one record in the
Oriental
Zoogeographic
Region
, all of whose parasitic stages are usually found on
Diprotodontia
:
Macropodidae
, but they have also been recovered from
Diprotodontia
:
Phascolarctidae
. Adults and nymphs have been collected from
Artiodactyla
:
Bovidae
,
Carnivora
:
Canidae
,
Peramelemorphia
:
Peramelidae
, and
Perissodactyla
:
Equidae
. Adults and larvae have been taken from
Dasyuromorphia
:
Dasyuridae
; adult ticks alone have been found on
Artiodactyla
:
Suidae
, and
Carnivora
:
Felidae
; immature stages have been recovered from
Diprotodontia
:
Phalangeridae
and
Potoroidae
, and
Cuculiformes
:
Cuculidae
.
Haemaphysalis bancrofti
is a sporadic parasite of humans.
M:
Nuttall and Warburton (1915)
F:
Nuttall and Warburton (1915)
N:
Nuttall and Warburton (1915)
L:
Nuttall and Warburton (1915)
Redescriptions
M:
Roberts (1963
a
, 1970),
Laan
et al.
(2011a)
, Barker and Walker (2014)
F:
Roberts (1963
a
, 1970),
Laan
et al.
(2011a)
, Barker and Walker (2014)
N:
Roberts (1963
a
, 1970),
Laan
et al.
(2011a)
L:
Roberts (1969)
,
Laan
et al.
(2011a)
Note:
Haemaphysalis novaeguineae
Krijgsman and Ponto
, a preoccupied name changed to
Haemaphysalis meraukensis
by
Taylor (1944)
, was described from a male tick in
Krijgsman and Ponto (1932)
that was found to be a synonym of
Haemaphysalis bancrofti
, as explained in
Roberts (1963a)
.
See
also
Haemaphysalis anomala
for its confusion with
Haemaphysalis bancrofti
.