111. Haemaphysalis obtusa Dönitz, 1910a .

An Afrotropical species whose adults are usually found on Carnivora: Eupleridae and Viverridae, but all parasitic stages have been collected from Eupleridae; adults and nymphs have been recovered from Viverridae; adults alone have been taken from Carnivora: Canidae; while nymphs and larvae have been found on Afrosoricida: Tenrecidae, and Rodentia: Muridae and Nesomyidae . There are no records of Haemaphysalis obtusa causing human parasitism.

M: Dönitz (1910a)

F: Hoogstraal (1953a)

N: Hoogstraal (1953a)

L: undescribed

Redescriptions

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

F: Uilenberg et al. (1979)

N: none

Note: Uilenberg et al. (1979) illustrated “typical” and “atypical” specimens of this species; therefore, more than one species may be represented under the name Haemaphysalis obtusa .