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Haemaphysalis calva Nuttall and Warburton 1915

Description

22. Haemaphysalis calva Nuttall and Warburton, 1915.

An Oriental species whose adults are usually found on Artiodactyla: Cervidae, but they have also been collected from Artiodactyla: Bovidae and Suidae, and Carnivora: Viverridae and Ursidae. There are no records of Haemaphysalis calva causing human parasitism.

M: Nuttall and Warburton (1915), under the name Haemaphysalis calvus, and amended in Hoogstraal and Kim (1985)

F: Nuttall and Warburton (1915), under the name Haemaphysalis calvus

N: Hoogstraal and Wassef (1981a), under the name Haemaphysalis calvus; see note below

L: unknown

Redescriptions

M: Toumanoff (1944), Hoogstraal and Wassef (1981a) and Tanskul and Inlao (1989), under the name Haemaphysalis calvus

F: Toumanoff (1944), Hoogstraal and Wassef (1981a) and Tanskul and Inlao (1989), under the name Haemaphysalis calvus

N: none

Note: the description of the nymph of Haemaphysalis calva is based on a nymphal exoskeleton (Hoogstraal & Wassef 1981a).

Notes

Published as part of Guglielmone, Alberto A., Petney, Trevor N. & Robbins, Richard G., 2020, Ixodidae (Acari: Ixodoidea): descriptions and redescriptions of all known species from 1758 to December 31, 2019, pp. 1-322 in Zootaxa 4871 (1) on page 154, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4871.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4423340

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References

  • Nuttall, G. H. F. & Warburton, C. (1915) Ticks. A monograph of the Ixodoidea. Part III. The genus Haemaphysalis. Cambridge University Press, London, pp. 349 - 550.
  • Hoogstraal, H. & Kim, K. C. (1985) Tick and mammal coevolution, with emphasis on Haemaphysalis. In: Kim, K. C. (Ed.), Coevolution of parasitic arthropods and mammals. John Wiley & Sons, New York and other cities, pp. 505 - 568.
  • Hoogstraal, H. & Wassef, H. Y. (1981 a) Haemaphysalis (Garnhamphysalis) subgen. nov. (Acarina: Ixodidae): candidate tick vectors of hematozoa in the Oriental Region. Journal of Protozoology Special Publication, 1, 117 - 124.
  • Toumanoff, C. (1944) Les tiques (Ixodoidea) de l'Indochine. Institut Pasteur de l'Indochine, S. I. L. I., Saigon, 220 pp.
  • Tanskul, P. & Inlao, I. (1989) Keys to the adult ticks of Haemaphysalis Koch, 1844, in Thailand with notes on changes in taxonomy (Acari: Ixodoidea: Ixodidae). Journal of Medical Entomology, 26, 573 - 601. https: // doi. org / 10.1093 / jmedent / 26.6.573