Haemaphysalis atheruri Hoogstraal, Trapido and Kohls, 1965

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Haemaphysalis atheruri Hoogstraal, Trapido and Kohls, 1965

This is an Oriental forest species that is relatively host-specific for the Asiatic brush-tailed porcupine (Atherurus macrourus ) from which it was originally described based on specimens from peninsular Malaysia and northeastern Thailand ( Hoogstraal et al. 1965a). It has since been recorded from Lao PDR, Myanmar and Vietnam ( Kolonin 1995, 2009). All life history stages have been found on A. macrourus , and records indicate that it can occur at up to 2,100 m above sea level ( Hoogstraal et al. 1965a). It has occasionally been recorded on tree shrews and dogs ( Tanskul et al. 1983; Guglielmone et al. 2014).

All life history stages are described in Hoogstraal et al. (1965a).