Haemaphysalis kutchensis Hoogstraal and Trapido, 1963b

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, Zootaxa 4871 (1), pp. 1-322 : 173-174

83. Haemaphysalis kutchensis Hoogstraal and Trapido, 1963b .

An Oriental and Palearctic species whose adults and immature stages have been collected from Carnivora : Canidae , Rodentia : Muridae , and Passeriformes : Sylviidae ; adults have been collected from Artiodactyla : Bovidae , Carnivora : Felidae and Hyaenidae , Lagomorpha : Leporidae , Galliformes : Phasianidae , Cuculiformes : Cuculidae , and Strigiformes : Strigidae ; nymphs alone have been recovered from Passeriformes (several families). There are no records of Haemaphysalis kutchensis causing human parasitism.

M: Nuttall and Warburton (1915), under the name Haemaphysalis bispinosa intermedia as stated in Hoogstraal and Trapido (1963b)

F: Hoogstraal and Trapido (1963b)

N: Hoogstraal and Trapido (1963b)

L: Hoogstraal and Trapido (1963b)

Redescriptions

M: Hoogstraal and Trapido (1963b), Filippova (1997), Geevarghese and Mishra (2011)

F: Filippova (1997), Geevarghese and Mishra (2011)

N: Trapido et al. (1964a), Filippova (1997), Geevarghese and Mishra (2011)

L: Trapido et al. (1964a), Filippova (1997), Geevarghese and Mishra (2011)

Note: Camicas et al. (1998) list Haemaphysalis kutchensis as an Oriental species, but Filippova (1997) also recorded this taxon from the Palearctic Region.