43. Haemaphysalis doenitzi Warburton and Nuttall, 1909 .

An Australasian, Oriental and Palearctic species, all of whose parasitic stages are usually found on Cuculiformes: Cuculidae, and Galliformes: Phasianidae, but they have also been collected from Passeriformes: Sturnidae, Sylviidae and Turdidae, and Rodentia: Muridae . Adult ticks alone have been recovered from Bucerotiformes: Upupidae, Coraciiformes: Coraciidae, Gruiformes: Rallidae, and Passeriformes: Pycnonotidae; adults and nymphs have been collected occasionally from Lagomorpha: Leporidae, and Testudines: Geoemydidae; adults and larvae have been taken from Passeriformes: Alaudidae; nymphs and larvae have been found on Passeriformes: Pittidae and Timaliidae; while nymphs alone have been collected from Passeriformes: Hirundinidae and Muscicapidae, and Piciformes: Capitonidae . Haemaphysalis doenitzi is a very rare parasite of humans.

M: Warburton and Nuttall (1909)

F: Warburton and Nuttall (1909)

N: Hoogstraal and Wassef (1973); see note below

L: Hoogstraal and Wassef (1973)

Redescriptions

M: Hoogstraal and Wassef (1973), Tanskul and Inlao (1989), Teng and Jiang (1991), Geevarghese and Mishra (2011)

F: Hoogstraal and Wassef (1973), Tanskul and Inlao (1989), Teng and Jiang (1991), Geevarghese and Mishra (2011)

N: Teng and Jiang (1991), Geevarghese and Mishra (2011)

L: Teng and Jiang (1991)

Note: Hoogstraal and Wassef (1973) state that the nymph of Haemaphysalis centropi, a synonym of Haemaphysalis doenitzi in Trapido et al. (1964a), is in fact a nymph of Haemaphysalis howlettti . Sames et al. (2008) suggest that more than one species may be included under the name Haemaphysalis doenitzi . Guglielmone et al. (2014) recognized the taxonomic problems attending Haemaphysalis doenitzi, stating that additional studies are needed to properly define this species and related taxa. See also Haemaphysalis pavlovskyi and Haemaphysalis phasiana for their proposed synonymy with Haemaphysalis doenitzi .