15. Haemaphysalis birmaniae Supino, 1897a .

An Oriental species, all stages of which are usually found on Artiodactyla: Bovidae and Cervidae . Adults alone have been collected from Artiodactyla: Suidae, Carnivora: Canidae and Mustelidae, and Rodentia: Hystricidae . Haemaphysalis birmaniae is a very rare parasite of humans.

M: Supino (1897a)

F: Supino (1897a)

N: Hoogstraal (1970b)

L: Hoogstraal (1970b)

Redescriptions

M: Supino (1897b), Hoogstraal et al. (1965a), Hoogstraal (1970b), Teng and Jiang (1991), Geevarghese and Mishra (2011)

F: Supino (1897b), Hoogstraal et al. (1965a), Hoogstraal (1970b), Teng and Jiang (1991), Geevarghese and Mishra (2011)

N: Teng and Jiang (1991), Geevarghese and Mishra (2011)

L: Teng and Jiang (1991), Geevarghese and Mishra (2011)

Note: Guglielmone et al. (2014) stated that records and redescriptions of Haemaphysalis birmaniae published prior to the studies of Hoogstraal et al. (1965a) and Hoogstraal (1970b) are uncertain. See also Haemaphysalis atheruri, Haemaphysalis bispinosa and Haemaphysalis darjeeling for their confusion with Haemaphysalis birmaniae .