142. Haemaphysalis semermis Neumann, 1901 .

An Oriental species, all of whose parasitic stages, including the undescribed larva, have been found on Artiodactyla: Tragulidae, and Rodentia: Muridae; adults and nymphs have been collected from Carnivora: Canidae and Viverridae; adults alone have been recovered from Artiodactyla: Cervidae and Suidae, Carnivora: Felidae and Ursidae, and Perissodactyla: Tapiridae, while nymphs alone have been found on Rodentia: Sciuridae, and Scandentia: Tupaiidae . Haemaphysalis semermis is a rare parasite of humans.

M: Neumann (1901)

F: Hoogstraal et al. (1965b)

N: Hoogstraal et al. (1965b)

L: undescribed

Redescriptions

M: Hoogstraal et al. (1965b), Tanskul and Inlao (1989)

F: Tanskul and Inlao (1989)

N: none

Note: Hoogstraal et al. (1965b) state that Haemaphysalis semermis has been consistently confused with Haemaphysalis hystricis and also with Haemaphysalis nadchatrami . See Haemaphysalis nadchatrami for additional discussion of its confusion with Haemaphysalis hystricis and Haemaphysais semermis .