Haemaphysalis tauffliebi Morel, 1965b

Guglielmone, Alberto A., Petney, Trevor N. & Robbins, Richard G., 2020, Ixodidae (Acari: Ixodoidea): descriptions and redescriptions of all known species from 1758 to December 31, 2019, Zootaxa 4871 (1), pp. 1-322 : 197

159. Haemaphysalis tauffliebi Morel, 1965b .

An Afrotropical species, all of whose parasitic stages, including the undescribed nymph and larva, have been found on Rodentia : Hystricidae ; adults and nymphs have been collect-ed from Passeriformes : Motacillidae ; nymphs alone have been recovered from Rodentia : Muridae , and Carnivora : Felidae . There are no records of Haemaphysalis tauffliebi causing human parasitism.

M: Morel (1965b)

F: Morel (1965b)

N: undescribed

M: undescribed

Redescriptions: none

Note: Hoogstraal and Wassef (1973) state that the larva and nymph of Haemaphysalis tauffliebi are known, but no formal descriptions of these stages have been found.