Haemaphysalis aciculifer Warburton, 1913

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 : 148

2. Haemaphysalis aciculifer Warburton, 1913 .

An Afrotropical species whose adults are usually found on Artiodactyla : Bovidae ; larvae and nymphs are commonly recovered from Rodentia : Muridae . All parasitic stages have been collected from Artiodactyla : Bovidae , Carnivora : Viverridae , and Lagomorpha : Leporidae ; adults and larvae have been taken from Carnivora : Canidae and Herpestidae ; adults alone have been found on Artiodactyla : Suidae , and Carnivora : Felidae and Mustelidae ; while immature stages have also been recovered from Carnivora : Hyaenidae , Erinaceomorpha : Erinaceidae , Rodentia : Cricetidae , Galliformes : Phasianidae , and Passeriformes : Corvidae (Guglielmone et al. 2014, Horak et al. 2018). There are no records of Haemaphysalis aciculifer causing human parasitism.

M: Warburton (1913)

F: Warburton (1913)

N: Theiler (1945c)

L: Theiler (1945c)

Redescriptions

M: Theiler (1945c), Hoogstraal (1956a), Hoogstraal and El-Kammah (1972), Matthysse and Colbo (1987), Horak et al. (2018)

F: Theiler (1945c), Hoogstraal (1956a), Hoogstraal and El-Kammah (1972), Matthysse and Colbo (1987), Horak et al. (2018)

N: Hoogstraal and El-Kammah (1972)

L: Hoogstraal and El-Kammah (1972)

Note: descriptions of Haemaphysalis aciculifer published prior to the study of Hoogstraal and El Kammah (1972) should be treated cautiously because of confusion with related tick species, especially with Haemaphysalis rugosa . The descriptions in Theiler (1945c) and Hoogstraal (1956a) are supported by Hoogstraal and El-Kammah (1972).