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)