3. Haemaphysalis aculeata Lavarra, 1904 .

An Oriental species, all of whose parasitic stages are usually found on Artiodactyla: Tragulidae . Adults and nymphs have been collected from Artiodactyla: Bovidae and Cervidae; adult ticks alone have been recovered from Carnivora: Canidae, Felidae and Herpestidae, Primates (unknown family), and Aves (unknown order); immature stages have been found on Primates: Cercopithecidae, Rodentia: Hystricidae and Muridae, Cuculiformes: Cuculidae, Galliformes: Phasianidae, and Passeriformes (several families). Haemaphysalis aculeata is a rare parasite of humans.

M: Lavarra (1904)

F: Warburton (1910), under the name Haemaphysalis longipalpis, a synonym of Haemaphysalis aculeata

N: Trapido et al. (1964a)

L: Trapido et al. (1964a)

Redescriptions

M: Nuttall and Warburton (1915), Sharif (1928), Trapido et al. (1964a), Geevarghese et al. (2009), Geevarghese and Mishra (2011)

F: Nuttall and Warburton (1915), Trapido et al. (1964a), Geevarghese et al. (2009), Geevarghese and Mishra (2011)

N: Geevarghese et al. (2009), Geevarghese and Mishra (2011)

L: Geevarghese et al. (2009), Geevarghese and Mishra (2011)