Haemaphysalis longicornis Neumann, 1901

Velde, Nancy Vander Velde And Brian Vander & O., P., 2013, Known and potential ticks and tick-borne pathogens of Micronesia, Micronesica 2013 (1), pp. 1-26 : 6

Haemaphysalis longicornis Neumann, 1901

The scrub tick, Haemaphysalis longicornis , a livestock pest, has been found, on dogs in Kiribati ( Saville 1999), and provisionally in Palau on cattle ( Saville 1996). The latter record would seem certain as bovine theileriasis from Theilera orientalis (= buffeli) was also reported for Palau ( Saville 1996). Although bovine theileriasis is not considered highly pathogenetic, this disease is only transmitted through infected ticks, and in the case of Palau, the likely vector being the scrub tick, Haemaphysalis longicornis . Elsewhere the scrub tick has been reported on a wide variety of mammals and some birds. It has implicated in various diseases in some areas, but even without any pathogen, a heavy infestation of this tick has been known to cause the death of its livestock host ( Cane 2010).