Haemaphysalis leporispalustris (Packard)

Reeves, Will K., Durden, Lance A., Ritzi, Christopher M., Beckham, Katy R., Super, Paul E & Oconnor, Barry M., 2007, Ectoparasites and other ectosymbiotic arthropods of vertebrates in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA, Zootaxa 1392, pp. 31-68 : 49

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.273680

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6243943

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/E5278780-FFFF-FFDB-FF3B-5A1BFDF1F832

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Haemaphysalis leporispalustris (Packard)
status

 

Haemaphysalis leporispalustris (Packard) View in CoL —rabbit tick

Ex Melospiza melodia (song sparrow): 4L, NC, Swain Co., Oconaluftee, 7 Aug. 2002, W. K. Reeves, L­2992; 6N, 6L, NC, Swain Co., Oconaluftee, 13 Jul. 2004, P. Super, L­3295.

Ex Passerina cyanea (indigo bunting): 1L, TN, Blount Co., Cade’s Cove, 1 Aug. 2000, P. Super, RML 123068.

Ex Sylvilagus floridanus (eastern cottontail): GSMNP (Komarek & Komarek 1938); 1M, 3F, 2N, TN, Blount Co., 27 Feb. 1938, W. W. Stanley, RML14018.

Ex Thryothorus ludovicianus ( Carolina wren): 4N, Sugarland, 4 Jul. 2001, P. Super, L­2966.

This tick is widely distributed in North America and there are records of it from across Tennessee (Durden & Kollars 1992). Adult rabbit ticks typically parasitize rabbits whereas larvae and nymphs parasitize birds and rabbits (Durden & Kollars 1992).

GSMNP

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Ixodida

Family

Ixodidae

Genus

Haemaphysalis

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