Haemaphysalis obtusa Dönitz, 1910a

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 : 182

111. Haemaphysalis obtusa Dönitz, 1910a .

An Afrotropical species whose adults are usually found on Carnivora : Eupleridae and Viverridae , but all parasitic stages have been collected from Eupleridae ; adults and nymphs have been recovered from Viverridae ; adults alone have been taken from Carnivora : Canidae ; while nymphs and larvae have been found on Afrosoricida : Tenrecidae , and Rodentia : Muridae and Nesomyidae . There are no records of Haemaphysalis obtusa causing human parasitism.

M: Dönitz (1910a)

F: Hoogstraal (1953a)

N: Hoogstraal (1953a)

L: undescribed

Redescriptions

M: Nuttall and Warburton (1915), Hoogstraal (1953a), Uilenberg et al. (1979)

F: Uilenberg et al. (1979)

N: none

Note: Uilenberg et al. (1979) illustrated “typical” and “atypical” specimens of this species; therefore, more than one species may be represented under the name Haemaphysalis obtusa .