Haemaphysalis semermis Neumann, 1901

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 : 191

142. Haemaphysalis semermis Neumann, 1901 .

An Oriental species, all of whose parasitic stages, including the undescribed larva, have been found on Artiodactyla : Tragulidae , and Rodentia : Muridae ; adults and nymphs have been collected from Carnivora : Canidae and Viverridae ; adults alone have been recovered from Artiodactyla : Cervidae and Suidae , Carnivora : Felidae and Ursidae , and Perissodactyla : Tapiridae , while nymphs alone have been found on Rodentia : Sciuridae , and Scandentia : Tupaiidae . Haemaphysalis semermis is a rare parasite of humans.

M: Neumann (1901)

F: Hoogstraal et al. (1965b)

N: Hoogstraal et al. (1965b)

L: undescribed

Redescriptions

M: Hoogstraal et al. (1965b), Tanskul and Inlao (1989)

F: Tanskul and Inlao (1989)

N: none

Note: Hoogstraal et al. (1965b) state that Haemaphysalis semermis has been consistently confused with Haemaphysalis hystricis and also with Haemaphysalis nadchatrami . See Haemaphysalis nadchatrami for additional discussion of its confusion with Haemaphysalis hystricis and Haemaphysais semermis .