Dermacentor atrosignatus Neumann, 1906

Petney, Trevor N., Boulanger, Nathalie, Saijuntha, Weerachai, Chitimia-Dobler, Lidia, Pfeffer, Martin, Eamudomkarn, Chatanun, Andrews, Ross H., Ahamad, Mariana, Putthasorn, Noppadon, Muders, Senta V., Petney, David A. & Robbins, Richard G., 2019, Ticks (Argasidae, Ixodidae) and tick-borne diseases of continental Southeast Asia, Zootaxa 4558 (1), pp. 1-89 : 19

Dermacentor atrosignatus Neumann, 1906

This is a tick found in rainforest habitats in the Australasian and Oriental Regions (Guglielmone et al. 2014). The adults, as with all Dermacentor spp. from continental Southeast Asia, are predominantly parasites of wild pigs (Sus spp.), although they have also occasionally been found on domestic pigs, buffalo, Malayan sun bear ( Helarctos malayanus ), dogs and pangolins ( Hoogstraal and Wassef 1985b). Most records of D. atrosignatus biting humans in Mariana et al. (2008b) are due to hundreds of nymphs, a few larvae and adult ticks. The diagnosis of nymphs and larvae require confirmation because the immature stages of D. atrosignatus remain undescribed. Dermacentor atrosignatus has been reported from peninsular Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam in continental Southeast Asia ( Tanskul et al. 1983; Hoogstraal and Wassef 1985b; Parola et al. 2003a).

Descriptions of the male and female are available in Wassef and Hoogstraal (1984b).