Haemaphysalis calcarata Neumann, 1902

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 : 154

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scientific name	Haemaphysalis calcarata Neumann, 1902
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An Afrotropical species whose adults are usually found on Rodentia : Sciuridae ; nymphs have been collected from Sciuridae , and Lagomorpha : Leporidae ; and adults alone have been recovered from Carnivora : Felidae and Herpestidae . There are no records of Haemaphysalis calcarata causing human parasitism.

M: Neumann (1902)

F: Nuttall and Warburton (1915); see note below

N: Neumann (1902)

L: unknown

Redescriptions

M: Hoogstraal (1955b), Matthysse and Colbo (1987)

F: Hoogstraal (1955b), Matthysse and Colbo (1987)

N: Hoogstraal (1955b)

Note: the description of the female of Haemaphysalis calcarata in Neumann (1910a) corresponds, in fact, to Haemaphysalis houyi , as explained in Hoogstraal (1955b).

References

Hoogstraal, H. (1955 b) Notes on African Haemaphysalis ticks. II. The ground-squirrel parasites, H. calcarata Neumann, 1902, and H. houyi Nuttall and Warburton, 1915 (Ixodoidea, Ixodidae). Journal of Parasitology, 41, 361 - 373. https: // doi. org / 10.2307 / 3274237

Matthysse, J. G. & Colbo, M. H. (1987) The ixodid ticks of Uganda. Entomological Society of America, College, Park, Maryland, 426 pp.

Neumann, L. G. (1902) Notes sur les ixodides. Archives de Parasitologie, 6, 109 - 128.

Neumann, L. G. (1910 a) Sur quelques especes d'Ixodidae nouvelles ou insuffisamment connues. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, Serie 9, 12, 161 - 176.

Nuttall, G. H. F. & Warburton, C. (1915) Ticks. A monograph of the Ixodoidea. Part III. The genus Haemaphysalis. Cambridge University Press, London, pp. 349 - 550.