Haemaphysalis subterra Hoogstraal, El Kammah & Camicas, 1992

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155. Haemaphysalis subterra Hoogstraal, El Kammah & Camicas, 1992 .

Afrotropical: 1) Ethiopia, 2) Kenya ( Tomlinson et al. 2018).

The range of Haemaphysalis subterra in Hoogstraal et al. (1992) includes the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. However, Tomlinson et al. (2018) studied the material used to describe Haemaphysalis subterra , concluding that the original description was based on bona fide Haemaphysalis subterra , Haemaphysalis muhsamae and as yet undescribed new species of Haemaphysalis , while also stating that the descriptions of the larva and nymph of Haemaphysalis subterra need confirmation.

Tomlinson et al. (2018) reduced the geographic distribution of Haemaphysalis subterra to Ethiopia and Kenya, a range accepted here, pending additional studies of this tick.