Haemaphysalis (Rhipistoma) spinulosa Neumann, 1906

Sylla, Massamba, Ndiaye, Mady, Souris, Marc & Gonzalez, Jean-Paul, 2018, Ticks (Acari: Ixodida) of the genus Haemaphysalis Koch, 1844 in Senegal: a review of host associations, chorology, and identification, Acarologia 58 (4), pp. 928-945 : 937

Haemaphysalis (Rhipistoma) spinulosa Neumann, 1906

Haemaphysalis (Rhipistoma) spinulosa typically from the Oriental subarea, is known in this subarea as Haemaphysalis ethiopica Santos Dias, 1958 ( Hussein and Mustafa, 1983) (Table

8). Numerous collection references are attributed to H. spinulosa in Senegal: Bandia Forest reserve (14°35’N, 17°01’W, Mbour Dpt., Thies Reg.) ; Saboya Forest reserve ; (13°39’N, 16°07’W, Nioro-du-Rip Dpt., Kaolack Reg.) ; on the road to Sandiara-MBour; Kedougou; Bandafassi (12°32’N, 12°19’W, Kedougou Dpt., Kedougou Reg.) ; Sidioli ( Figure 4 ).

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Figure 4 Collecting sites ofHaemaphysalis of the leachi group indicated in red; blue dots show localization of all other collection sites: A – Haemaphysalis (Rhipistoma) leachi; B – Haemaphysalis (Rhipistoma) moreli; C – Haemaphysalis (Rhipistoma) muhsamae; D – Haemaphysalis (Rhipistoma) spinulosa.