2. Haemaphysalis aciculifer Warburton, 1913 .

An Afrotropical species whose adults are usually found on Artiodactyla: Bovidae; larvae and nymphs are commonly recovered from Rodentia: Muridae . All parasitic stages have been collected from Artiodactyla: Bovidae, Carnivora: Viverridae, and Lagomorpha: Leporidae; adults and larvae have been taken from Carnivora: Canidae and Herpestidae; adults alone have been found on Artiodactyla: Suidae, and Carnivora: Felidae and Mustelidae; while immature stages have also been recovered from Carnivora: Hyaenidae, Erinaceomorpha: Erinaceidae, Rodentia: Cricetidae, Galliformes: Phasianidae, and Passeriformes: Corvidae (Guglielmone et al. 2014, Horak et al. 2018). There are no records of Haemaphysalis aciculifer causing human parasitism.

M: Warburton (1913)

F: Warburton (1913)

N: Theiler (1945c)

L: Theiler (1945c)

Redescriptions

M: Theiler (1945c), Hoogstraal (1956a), Hoogstraal and El-Kammah (1972), Matthysse and Colbo (1987), Horak et al. (2018)

F: Theiler (1945c), Hoogstraal (1956a), Hoogstraal and El-Kammah (1972), Matthysse and Colbo (1987), Horak et al. (2018)

N: Hoogstraal and El-Kammah (1972)

L: Hoogstraal and El-Kammah (1972)

Note: descriptions of Haemaphysalis aciculifer published prior to the study of Hoogstraal and El Kammah (1972) should be treated cautiously because of confusion with related tick species, especially with Haemaphysalis rugosa . The descriptions in Theiler (1945c) and Hoogstraal (1956a) are supported by Hoogstraal and El-Kammah (1972).