44. Haemaphysalis elliptica (Koch, 1844a) .

An Afrotropical species whose adults are usually found on Carnivora: Canidae and Felidae . All parasitic stages have been collected on Carnivora, Canidae, Felidae and Viverridae; adults have also been recovered from Mammalia (several orders). Nymphs and larvae have been taken from Carnivora: Herpestidae and Rodentia: Muridae; nymphs alone have been found on Macroscelidea: Macroscelididae and undetermined immature stages have been collected on Passeriformes: Cisticolidae and Ploceidae . Haemaphysalis elliptica is a sporadic parasite of humans (Guglielmone & Robbins 2018, Horak et al. 2018).

M: Koch (1844a), under the name Rhipistoma ellipticum, and given its current status in Camicas et al. (1998)

F: Apanaskevich et al. (2007)

N: Apanaskevich et al. (2007)

L: Bedford (1934), under the name Haemaphysalis leachi, as explained in Apanaskevich et al. (2007) Redescriptions

M: Apanaskevich et al. (2007), Horak et al. (2018)

F: Horak et al. (2018)

N: none

L: none

Note: Haemaphysalis elliptica was extensively confused with Haemaphysalis leachi prior to the study of Apanaskevich et al. (2007). See also Haemaphysalis spinulosa for a discussion of the difficulties involved in identifying species in the Haemaphysalis leachi group of southern Africa.