Haemaphysalis megalaimae Rajagopalan, 1963

This is a widely distributed species for which relatively few records are available, presumably due to its specificity for barbet birds ( Megalaimidae). It has been recorded from Thailand (Tanskul et al. 1983), as well as from India (Rajagopalan 1963) and Japan (Hoogstraal and Kim 1985). These hosts are arboreal, nesting in tree holes, and Ha. megalaimae has never been collected from ground-dwelling hosts, suggesting that it is also confined to the host’s tree habitat (Geevarghese and Mishra 2011).

Rajagopalan (1963) describes all life history stages; Trapido et al. (1964b) illustrate the larval capitulum and the nymphal capitulum, coxae and trochanters.