Haemaphysalis leporispalustris (Packard, 1869)

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 leporispalustris (Packard, 1869) ( Fig. 7)

This tick has been detected in the Americas on wild rabbits and birds ( Zeringota et al. 2016).

The presence of this tick may be associated with the existence of different etiological agents such as Rickettsia rickettsii , R. parkeri , R. bellii and R. canadensis , Borrelia burgdorferi , Babesia sp. , Anaplasma bovis and Anaplasma phagocytophilum , Coxiella burnetii , Francisella tularensis ( Zeringota et al. 2016) . It has been reported in Colombia on domestic and wild rabbits as well as in Central American Agouti ( Dasyprocta punctata ) in Muzo, Department of Boyaca; some nymphs have been reported on humans from Girardot, Cundinamarca ( Osorno-Mesa 1942). Haemaphysalis leporis proxima (Aragao 1911) reported by Osorno-Mesa (1942) as a variety of H. leporispalustris , is a synonym rather than a new species collected from wild animals and domestic rabbits from Panama ( Guglielmone et al. 2006).