Haemaphysalis juxtakochi Cooley, 1946

Benavides-Montaño, Javier Antonio, Betancourt-Echeverri, Jesus Antonio, Valencia, Gustavo López & Mesa-Cobo, Nora Cristina, 2022, A review of hard ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) in Colombia: The risk of tick-borne diseases, Persian Journal of Acarology 11 (3), pp. 397-437 : 411

Haemaphysalis juxtakochi Cooley, 1946

This tick was first reported in Venezuela under the name of H. kochi by Vogelsang and Cordero (1940). These researchers identified it as a parasite of Brocket deer ( Mazama rufa ), paca ( Coelogenys paca ) and Odocoileus sp. Cooley (1946) recovered it from a tapir at Selva, Gran Sabana, Venezuela. This tick is distributed from Mexico to Argentina ( Panama, Brazil, Colombia, Uruguay, and Trinidad) ( Martins et al. 2007). It is widely distributed in countries such as Panama ( García et al. 2014). The Rocky Mountain Laboratories collection (RML collection) contains specimens from Bolivia and Surinam. Preferred hosts for adults of H. juxtakochi appear to be species of deer, although it is also found on rodents, perissodactyls, and rarely on lagomorphs and primates. This tick undergoes a three-host cycle in which deer are likely to be their main primary host. H. juxtakochi has been reported on several mammalian species, including alpacas, Lama pacos , rodents, lagomorphs, cattle, dogs, armadillos, tapir, non-human primates and also on birds ( Jones et al. 1972; Beldomenico et al. 2003; Guglielmone et al. 2004; Suárez et al. 2005; Martins et al. 2007). The presence of a Rickettsia rhipicephali and R. bellii in H. juxtakochi has already been reported ( Labruna et al. 2005, 2007).