Haemaphysalis semermis Neumann 1901

142. Haemaphysalis semermis Neumann, 1901.

An Oriental species, all of whose parasitic stages, including the undescribed larva, have been found on Artiodactyla: Tragulidae, and Rodentia: Muridae; adults and nymphs have been collected from Carnivora: Canidae and Viverridae; adults alone have been recovered from Artiodactyla: Cervidae and Suidae, Carnivora: Felidae and Ursidae, and Perissodactyla: Tapiridae, while nymphs alone have been found on Rodentia: Sciuridae, and Scandentia: Tupaiidae. Haemaphysalis semermis is a rare parasite of humans.

M: Neumann (1901)

F: Hoogstraal et al. (1965b)

N: Hoogstraal et al. (1965b)

L: undescribed

Redescriptions

M: Hoogstraal et al. (1965b), Tanskul and Inlao (1989)

F: Tanskul and Inlao (1989)

N: none

Note: Hoogstraal et al. (1965b) state that Haemaphysalis semermis has been consistently confused with Haemaphysalis hystricis and also with Haemaphysalis nadchatrami. See Haemaphysalis nadchatrami for additional discussion of its confusion with Haemaphysalis hystricis and Haemaphysais semermis.