8. Dermacentor compactus Neumann, 1901 .

An Oriental species whose adults are usually found on Artiodactyla: Suidae; larvae and nymphs are usually collected from Rodentia: Sciuridae . Adult ticks have been recovered from Mammalia (several orders), with rare records from Squamata: Pythonidae; immature stages have also been taken from Carnivora: Canidae, Rodentia: Muridae, and Squamata: Colubridae . Dermacentor compactus is a rare parasite of humans.

M: Neumann (1901)

F: Neumann (1901)

N: Apanaskevich (2016)

L: Apanaskevich (2016)

Redescriptions

M: Wassef and Hoogstraal (1983), Sun and Xu (2013)

F: Wassef and Hoogstraal (1983), Sun and Xu (2013)

N: none

L: none

Note: see Dermacentor filippovae and Dermacentor limbooliati for their confusion with Dermacentor compactus .