146. Haemaphysalis simplex Neumann, 1897 .

An Afrotropical species, all of whose parasitic stages are usually found on Afrosoricida: Tenrecidae . Adults and nymphs have occasionally been recorded from Primates: Indriidae; adults alone have been collected from Rodentia: Muridae, and Pelecaniformes: Threskiornithidae, while nymphs have been found on Primates: Cheirogaleidae . There are no records of Haemaphysalis simplex causing human parasitism.

M: Neumann (1897)

F: Hoogstraal (1953a)

N: Neumann (1897)

L: Uilenberg et al. (1979); see note below

Redescriptions

M: Nuttall and Warburton (1915), Hoogstraal (1953a), Uilenberg et al. (1979)

F: Uilenberg et al. (1979)

N: Hoogstraal (1953a), Uilenberg et al. (1979)

L: none

Note: Camicas et al. (1998) list the larva of Haemaphysalis simplex as undescribed, but it was described in Uilenberg et al. (1979).