Hyalomma truncatum Koch, 1844a

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 : 211

26. Hyalomma truncatum Koch, 1844a .

An Afrotropical species whose adults are usually found on Artiodactyla Bovidae ; larvae and nymphs are commonly recovered from Lagomorpha : Leporidae , and Rodentia (several families). All parasitic stages have been collected from Mammalia (several orders); adults alone have been taken from Perissodactyla : Equidae ; Accipitriformes : Accipitridae , Charadriiformes : Burhinidae , Struthioniformes : Struthionidae , and Testudines : Testudinidae ; immature stages have been found on Aves (several orders), and Squamata : Chamaeleonidae (Guglielmone et al. 2014, Horak et al. 2018). Hyalomma truncatum is a sporadic parasite of humans.

M: Koch (1844a)

F: Koch (1884a), under the name Hyalomma rufipes as explained in Apanaskevich and Horak (2008a)

N: Apanaskevich and Horak (2008a)

L: Camicas (1970)

Redescriptions

M: Koch (1847), Feldman-Muhsam (1954), Hoogstraal (1956a), Hoogstraal et al. (1981), Walker, A.R. et al. (2003), Apanaskevich and Horak (2008a), Horak et al. (2018)

F: Feldman-Muhsam (1954), Hoogstraal (1956a), Hoogstraal et al. (1981), Walker, A.R. et al. (2003), Apanaskevich and Horak (2008a), Horak et al. (2018)

N: none

L: Apanaskevich and Horak (2008a)

Note: Sands et al. (2017a, b) presented molecular evidence to argue that at least two species are included under the name Hyalomma truncatum . See also Hyalomma albiparmatum and Hyalomma nitidum for a discussion of the difficulties involved in morphologically separating Hyalomma albiparmatum , Hyalomma nitidum and Hyalomma truncatum .