Haemaphysalis hoodi Warburton and Nuttall, 1909

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 : 165-166

59. Haemaphysalis hoodi Warburton and Nuttall, 1909 .

An Afrotropical species, all of whose parasitic stages are

usually found on Aves (several orders). There are occasional records of adults and immature stages from Artiodactyla : Bovidae , Primates : Indriidae , and Rodentia : Sciuridae ; adult ticks alone have sometimes been recovered from Carnivora : Canidae , Lagomorpha : Leporidae , and Rodentia : Hystricidae ; immature stages have been found on Carnivora : Viverridae . Haemaphysalis hoodi is a very rare parasite of humans.

M: Warburton and Nuttall (1909)

F: Warburton and Nuttall (1909)

N: Nuttall and Warburton (1915)

L: Nuttall and Warburton (1915)

Redescriptions

M: Nuttall and Warburton (1915), Tendeiro (1952), Hoogstraal (1956a), Elbl and Anastos (1966d), Matthysse and Colbo (1987), Horak et al. (2018)

F: Nuttall and Warburton (1915), Tendeiro (1952), Hoogstraal (1956a), Elbl and Anastos (1966d), Matthysse and Colbo (1987), Horak et al. (2018)

N: none

L: Bedford (1934)