Haemaphysalis obtusa Dönitz, 1910a

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 : 182

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scientific name	Haemaphysalis obtusa Dönitz, 1910a
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111. Haemaphysalis obtusa Dönitz, 1910a View in CoL .

An Afrotropical species whose adults are usually found on Carnivora : Eupleridae and Viverridae , but all parasitic stages have been collected from Eupleridae ; adults and nymphs have been recovered from Viverridae ; adults alone have been taken from Carnivora : Canidae ; while nymphs and larvae have been found on Afrosoricida : Tenrecidae , and Rodentia : Muridae and Nesomyidae . There are no records of Haemaphysalis obtusa causing human parasitism.

M: Dönitz (1910a)

F: Hoogstraal (1953a)

N: Hoogstraal (1953a)

L: undescribed

Redescriptions

M: Nuttall and Warburton (1915), Hoogstraal (1953a), Uilenberg et al. (1979)

F: Uilenberg et al. (1979)

N: none

Note: Uilenberg et al. (1979) illustrated “typical” and “atypical” specimens of this species; therefore, more than one species may be represented under the name Haemaphysalis obtusa .

References

Donitz, W. (1910 a) Die Zecken Sudafrikas. Denkschriften der Medizinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena, 16, 397 - 494.

Hoogstraal, H. (1953 a) Ticks (Ixodoidea) of the Malagasy Faunal Region (excepting the Seychelles). Their origins and host-relationships; with descriptions of five new Haemaphysalis species. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 111, 37 - 113.

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.

Uilenberg, G., Hoogstraal. H. & Klein, J. M. (1979) Les tiques (Ixodoidea) de Madagascar et leur role vecteur. Archives de l'Institut Pasteur de Madagascar, Numero Special, 153 pp.