62. Haemaphysalis houyi Nuttall and Warburton, 1915 .

An Afrotropical species, all of whose parasitic stages are usually found on Rodentia: Sciuridae . Adults and nymphs have been collected from Rodentia: Muridae, and Soricomorpha: Soricidae; adults alone have been recovered from Erinaceomorpha: Erinaceidae, and Carnivora: Mustelidae and Viverridae . There are no records of Haemaphysalis houyi causing human parasitism.

M: Nuttall and Warburton (1915), under the name Haemaphysalis calcarata houyi and given its current status in Hoogstraal (1954)

F: Neumann (1910a), under the name Haemaphysalis calcarata, as explained in Hoogstraal (1955b)

N: Nuttall and Warburton (1915), under the name Haemaphysalis calcarata houyi

L: Hoogstraal (1955b)

Redescriptions

M: Hoogstraal (1955 b, 1956a), Matthysse and Colbo (1987)

F: Hoogstraal (1955 b, 1956a), Matthysse and Colbo (1987)

N: Hoogstraal (1955b)

L: none

Note: see Haemaphysalis calcarata for its confusion with Haemaphysalis houyi .