Haemaphysalis subterra Hoogstraal, El Kammah and Camicas, 1992

Guglielmone, Alberto A., Petney, Trevor N. & Robbins, Richard G., 2020, Ixodidae (Acari: Ixodoidea): descriptions and redescriptions of all known species from 1758 to December 31, 2019, Zootaxa 4871 (1), pp. 1-322 : 194-195

152. Haemaphysalis subterra Hoogstraal, El Kammah and Camicas, 1992 .

An Afrotropical species whose adults are usually found on Rodentia : Spalacidae , according to Tomlinson et al. (2018); nymphs and larvae have been collected from Spalacidae ; nymphs have been recovered from Carnivora : Herpestidae , but see note below. There are no records of Haemaphysalis subterra causing human parasitism.

M: Hoogstraal et al. (1992); see note below

F: Tomlinson et al. (2018)

N: Hoogstraal et al. (1992); see note below

L: Hoogstraal et al. (1992); see note below

Redescriptions

M: Tomlinson et al. (2018)

F: none

N: none

L: none

Note: Tomlinson et al. (2018) cited some problems in the original description of Haemaphysalis subterra by Hoogstraal et al. (1992). Tomlinson et al. (2018) state that this species is supported by the holotype male but its illustrations in the original description correspond to Haemaphysalis muhsamae ; true females of Haemaphysalis subterra are not described in the original paper and its illustrations are of an unknown species of Haemaphysalis . Moreover, Tomlinson et al. (2018) state that the descriptions of the larva and nymph of Haemaphysalis subterra in Hoogstraal et al. (1992) need verification. We therefore consider the descriptions of the immature stages of Haemaphysalis subterra provisionally valid, pending further research.