Haemaphysalis nepalensis Hoogstraal, 1962a

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 : 181

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scientific name	Haemaphysalis nepalensis Hoogstraal, 1962a
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An Oriental and Palearctic species, all of whose parasitic stages have been found on Artiodactyla : Bovidae ; adults alone have been collected from Carnivora : Felidae and Ursidae , and Rodentia (unknown family). Haemaphysalis nepalensis is a very rare parasite of humans.

M: Hoogstraal (1962a)

F: Hoogstraal (1962a)

N: Dhanda (1964b)

L: Geevarghese and Mishra (2011)

Redescriptions

M: Teng (1982a), Teng and Jiang (1991)

F: Teng (1982a), Teng and Jiang (1991)

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

L: none

Note: Camicas et al. (1998) list Haemaphysalis nepalensis as an Oriental species, but Guglielmone et al. (2014) state that it has also been found in the Palearctic Region.

References

Camicas, J. L., Hervy, J. P., Adam, F. & Morel, P. C. (1998) Les tiques du monde. Nomenclature, stades decrits, hotes, repartition (Acarida, Ixodida). Orstom, Paris, 233 pp.

Dhanda, V. (1964 b) Haemaphysalis nepalensis Hoogstraal, 1962 (Ixodoidea: Ixodidae), systematic position based on descrip- tion of the nymph, and new host and locality records. Journal of Parasitology, 50, 783 - 785. https: // doi. org / 10.2307 / 3276201

Geevarghese, G. & Mishra, A. C. (2011) Haemaphysalis ticks of India. Elsevier, Amsterdam, 260 pp.

Hoogstraal, H. (1962 a) Haemaphysalis nepalensis sp. n. from a Himalayan rodent and man, and description of the male of H.

Teng, K. F. (1982 a) Acarina: Ixodidae. In: Insects of Xizang (Tibet). Vol. II. Institute of Zoology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, pp. 449 - 461. [in Chinese, translation RR 2 by Robbins, F. - M. Y.]

Teng, K. F. & Jiang, Z. J (1991) Economic insect fauna of China. Fascicule 39, Acari: Ixodidae. Science Press, Beijing, 355 pp. [in Chinese]