Haemaphysalis doenitzi Warburton and Nuttall, 1909

Petney, Trevor N., Boulanger, Nathalie, Saijuntha, Weerachai, Chitimia-Dobler, Lidia, Pfeffer, Martin, Eamudomkarn, Chatanun, Andrews, Ross H., Ahamad, Mariana, Putthasorn, Noppadon, Muders, Senta V., Petney, David A. & Robbins, Richard G., 2019, Ticks (Argasidae, Ixodidae) and tick-borne diseases of continental Southeast Asia, Zootaxa 4558 (1), pp. 1-89 : 24-25

Haemaphysalis doenitzi Warburton and Nuttall, 1909

Haemaphysalis doenitzi is known from the Australasian (New Guinea, northern Australia), Oriental (Borneo, southern China, India, Nepal, the Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka and Taiwan), and Palearctic realms (northern China and South Korea, Tajikistan). In continental Southeast Asia, it has been found in Lao PDR, peninsular Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam ( Hoogstraal and Wassef 1973; Robbins 2005; Kim et al. 2016). It is predominantly a parasite of birds, especially pheasants ( Phasianidae ) and coucals ( Cuculidae ), although rodents, hare, tortoises and humans may occasionally be infested ( Hoogstraal and Wassef 1973; Guglielmone et al. 2014). This species is probably active all year round in Southeast Asia but is inactive during the cold winters in East Asia ( Teng and Jiang 1991).

The life cycle, based on specimens from Sichuan Province, China, was described by Chen et al. (2012).

All life history stages are illustrated in Hoogstraal and Wassef (1973).