Haemaphysalis birmaniae Supino, 1897

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15. Haemaphysalis birmaniae Supino, 1897 .

Oriental: 1) China (south), 2) India, 3) Myanmar, 4) Nepal (south and central), 5) Taiwan (Hoogstrral 1970b, Chen et al. 2010, Geevarghese & Mishra 2011, Petney et al. 2019, Zhao et al. 2021).

Robbins (2005) doubted the occurrence of Haemaphysalis birmaniae in Taiwan because of the difficulties involved in correctly identifying this tick prior to the study of Hoogstraal (1970b). However, Chen et al. (2010) and Zhao et al. (2021) included Taiwan within the range of Haemaphysalis birmaniae , and this species is provisionally considered to be present there.

Phan Trong (1977) included Vietnam within the range of Haemaphysalis birmaniae , but its presence in Vietnam was not recognized in Kolonin (2009) and Petney et al. (2019). Geevarghese & Mishra (2011) and Petney et al. (2019) included Malaysia within the geographic distribution of Haemaphysalis birmaniae . Hoogstraal et al. (1965a) stated that specimens of Haemaphysalis birmaniae from Malaysia listed in Kohls (1957c) and Audy et al. (1960) correspond, in fact, to Haemaphysalis atheruri (as Haemaphysalis atherurus ), and no subsequent bona fide records of Haemaphysalis birmaniae from Malaysia have been found.