Haemaphysalis princeps Tomlinson and Apanaskevich, 2019

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 : 187

128. Haemaphysalis princeps Tomlinson and Apanaskevich, 2019 .

An Afrotropical species whose adults are most frequently found on Carnivora (several families) and Erinaceomorpha : Erinaceidae , but they have also been collected from Artiodactyla : Bovidae , and Lagomorpha : Leporidae ; adults and nymphs have been collected from Rodentia : Muridae , and nymphs alone have been taken from Soricomorpha : Soricidae . There are no records of Haemaphysalis princeps causing human parasitism.

M: Tomlinson and Apanaskevich (2019)

F: Tomlinson and Apanaskevich (2019)

N: unknown

L: unknown

Note: Haemaphysalis princeps was identified as Haemaphysalis spinulosa prior to its description by Tomlinson and Apanaskevich (2019).