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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journal article
7890
10.11646/zootaxa.4871.1.1
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2.
Haemaphysalis aciculifer
Warburton, 1913
.
An Afrotropical species whose adults are usually found on
Artiodactyla
:
Bovidae
; larvae and nymphs are commonly recovered from
Rodentia
:
Muridae
. All parasitic stages have been collected from
Artiodactyla
:
Bovidae
,
Carnivora
:
Viverridae
, and
Lagomorpha
:
Leporidae
; adults and larvae have been taken from
Carnivora
:
Canidae
and
Herpestidae
; adults alone have been found on
Artiodactyla
:
Suidae
, and
Carnivora
:
Felidae
and
Mustelidae
; while immature stages have also been recovered from
Carnivora
:
Hyaenidae
,
Erinaceomorpha
:
Erinaceidae
,
Rodentia
:
Cricetidae
,
Galliformes
:
Phasianidae
, and
Passeriformes
:
Corvidae
(Guglielmone
et al.
2014,
Horak
et al.
2018
). There are no records of
Haemaphysalis aciculifer
causing human parasitism.
M:
Warburton (1913)
F:
Warburton (1913)
N:
Theiler (1945c)
L:
Theiler (1945c)
Redescriptions
M:
Theiler (1945c)
,
Hoogstraal (1956a)
, Hoogstraal and El-Kammah (1972),
Matthysse and Colbo (1987)
,
Horak
et al.
(2018)
F:
Theiler (1945c)
,
Hoogstraal (1956a)
, Hoogstraal and El-Kammah (1972),
Matthysse and Colbo (1987)
,
Horak
et al.
(2018)
N:
Hoogstraal and El-Kammah (1972)
L:
Hoogstraal and El-Kammah (1972)
Note:
descriptions of
Haemaphysalis aciculifer
published prior to the study of
Hoogstraal and El Kammah (1972)
should be treated cautiously because of confusion with related tick species, especially with
Haemaphysalis rugosa
. The descriptions in
Theiler (1945c)
and
Hoogstraal (1956a)
are supported by Hoogstraal and El-Kammah (1972).