22. Haemaphysalis calva Nuttall and Warburton, 1915 .

An Oriental species whose adults are usually found on Artiodactyla: Cervidae, but they have also been collected from Artiodactyla: Bovidae and Suidae, and Carnivora: Viverridae and Ursidae . There are no records of Haemaphysalis calva causing human parasitism.

M: Nuttall and Warburton (1915), under the name Haemaphysalis calvus, and amended in Hoogstraal and Kim (1985)

F: Nuttall and Warburton (1915), under the name Haemaphysalis calvus

N: Hoogstraal and Wassef (1981a), under the name Haemaphysalis calvus; see note below

L: unknown

Redescriptions

M: Toumanoff (1944), Hoogstraal and Wassef (1981a) and Tanskul and Inlao (1989), under the name Haemaphysalis calvus

F: Toumanoff (1944), Hoogstraal and Wassef (1981a) and Tanskul and Inlao (1989), under the name Haemaphysalis calvus

N: none

Note: the description of the nymph of Haemaphysalis calva is based on a nymphal exoskeleton (Hoogstraal & Wassef 1981a).