15. Dermacentor hunteri Bishopp, 1912 .

A Nearctic species whose adults are usually found on Artiodactyla: Bovidae; larvae and nymphs are commonly recovered from Rodentia: Cricetidae . Adult ticks alone have also been collected from Artiodactyla: Cervidae, and Lagomorpha: Leporidae . Dermacentor hunteri is a sporadic parasite of humans.

M: Bishopp (1912)

F: Bishopp (1912)

N: Cooley (1938)

L: Cooley (1938)

Redescriptions

M: Cooley (1938), Arthur (1960a), Brinton et al. (1965), Furman and Loomis (1984), Yunker et al. (1986)

F: Cooley (1938), Arthur (1960a), Brinton et al. (1965), Furman and Loomis (1984), Yunker et al. (1986)

N: Arthur (1960a), Brinton et al. (1965), Furman and Loomis (1984)

L: Arthur (1960a), Brinton et al. (1965), Furman and Loomis (1984)

Note: Camicas et al. (1998) treat Dermacentor hunteri as a Nearctic and Neotropical species, but no records from the Neotropics have been found.