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Haemaphysalis longicornis Neumann 1901

  • 1. AgResearch, National Centre for Biosecurity and Infectious Disease, Wallaceville, P. O. Box 40063, Upper Hutt, New Zealand, 5140
  • 2. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington, New Zealand
  • 3. Mosquito Consulting Services (NZ), P. O. Box 69 - 198, Lincoln 7640, New Zealand
  • 4. Biosecurity Group, AgResearch, Private Bag 4749, Christchurch 8140, New Zealand

Description

Haemaphysalis longicornis Neumann, 1901

Host(s)

Land birds: Apteryx mantelli, Gallus gallus gallus, Phasianus colchicus, Meleagris gallopavo, Anas platyrhynchos platyrhynchos, Circus approximans, Gallirallus philippensis assimilis, Gallirallus australis greyi, Alauda arvensis, Turdus philomelos, Acridotheres tristis, Passer domesticus, Emberiza citrinella.

Mammals: Capra hircus, Bos taurus, Ovis aries, Canis familiaris, Dama dama, Cervus elaphus, Cervus timorensis, Cervus unicolor, Equus asinus, Equus caballus, Erinaceus europaeus, Felis catus, Lepus europaeus, Oryctolagus cuniculus, Rattus rattus, Rattus norvegicus, Mus musculus, Mustela furo, Mustela nivalis, Mustela erminea, Sus scrofa, Trichosurus vulpecula, Homo sapiens.

Distribution

World: Japan, China, former USSR, Korea, Australia (south-eastern Queensland, coastal New South Wales and Victoria; localised population in Western Australia), New Caledonia, Fiji, Western Samoa, Tonga, Vanuatu; (not established in Hawaii, contra Cane 2011, last updated 2010).

New Zealand: Widespread in northern half of North Island, as far south as Waikanae in the west and Hastings in the east. There have been what appear to be only temporary infestations at Longbush (south Wairarapa) in 2000–2002 (W. Shaw, pers. comm. February 2011) and at nearby Pirinoa (A.C.G. Heath unpublished). In the South Island, it is established in Golden Bay and north of Hokitika, and there has been a temporary infestation in Southland.

References: Neumann (1901); Dumbleton (1953, 1973); Hoogstraal et al. (1968); Roberts (1970); Besier & Wroth (1985); Heath (1977, 1981, 1985, 2000, 2010a, b); Bishop & Heath (1998); Tenquist & Charleston (2001); Gordon (2010); Cane (2011, last updated 2010).

Notes

Published as part of Heath, Allen C. G., Palma, Ricardo L., Cane, Rachel P. & Hardwick, Scott, 2011, Checklist of New Zealand ticks (Acari: Ixodidae, Argasidae), pp. 55-63 in Zootaxa 2995 on page 58, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.203775

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References

  • Neumann, L. G. (1901) Revision de la famille des ixodides. Memoires de la Societe Zoologique de France, 14, 249 - 372.
  • Cane, R. P. (2011) Tick profiles. New Zealand Biosecure Entomology Laboratory http: // www. smsl. co. nz / Services / New + Zealand + BioSecure / Ticks. html (accessed February 2011).
  • Dumbleton, L. J. (1953) The ticks (Ixodoidea) of the New Zealand sub-region. New Zealand Cape Expedition Series Bulletin, 14, 1 - 28.
  • Dumbleton, L. J. (1973) Additions to the New Zealand tick fauna. Tuatara, 20, 65 - 74.
  • Hoogstraal, H., Roberts, F. H. S., Kohls, G. M. & Tipton, V. J. (1968) Review of Haemaphysalis (Kaiseriana) longicornis, Neumann (Resurrected) of Australia, New Zealand, New Caledonia, Fiji, Japan, Korea, and Northeastern China and USSR and its parthenogenetic and bisexual populations (Ixodoidea: Ixodidae). Journal of Parasitology, 54, 1197 - 1213.
  • Roberts, F. H. S. (1970) Australian ticks. CSIRO, Melbourne. 267 pp.
  • Besier, R. B. & Wroth, R. (1985) Discovery of the tick Haemaphysalis longicornis in Western Australia. Australian Veterinary Journal, 62, 205.
  • Heath, A. C. G. (1977) Zoogeography of the New Zealand tick fauna. Tuatara, 23, 26 - 38.
  • Heath, A. C. G. (1981) New Zealand cattle tick, Haemaphysalis longicornis Neumann, life cycle. DSIR Information Series, 105 / 36: 1 - 4.
  • Heath, A. C. G. (1985) Ticks (Haemaphysalis longicornis). Chapter 4. Pp. 23 - 29. In: Charleston, W. A. G. (ed.), Ectoparasites of sheep in New Zealand and their control. The Sheep and Beef Cattle Society of the New Zealand Veterinary Association, Palmerston North. 79 pp.
  • Heath, A. C. G. (2000) Southland tick a real problem. Rural News, March 6, correspondence.
  • Heath, A. C. G. (2010 a) Checklist of ectoparasites of birds in New Zealand: additions and corrections. Surveillance, 37, 12 - 17.
  • Heath, A. C. G. (2010 b) A review of ectoparasites of Apteryx spp. (kiwi) in New Zealand, with new host records, and the biology of Ixodes anatis (Acari: Ixodidae). Tuhinga: Records of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, 21, 147 - 159.
  • Bishop, D. M. & Heath, A. C. G. (1998) Checklist of ectoparasites of birds in New Zealand. Surveillance, 25 (Special Issue), 13 - 31.
  • Tenquist, J. D. & Charleston, W. A. G. (2001) A revision of the annotated checklist of ectoparasites of terrestrial mammals in New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 31, 481 - 542.
  • Gordon, D. P. (ed.) (2010) New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Vo l u m e Tw o. Kingdom Animalia - Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. 528 pp.