Haemaphysalis calcarata Neumann, 1902

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 : 154

21. Haemaphysalis calcarata Neumann, 1902 .

An Afrotropical species whose adults are usually found on Rodentia : Sciuridae ; nymphs have been collected from Sciuridae , and Lagomorpha : Leporidae ; and adults alone have been recovered from Carnivora : Felidae and Herpestidae . There are no records of Haemaphysalis calcarata causing human parasitism.

M: Neumann (1902)

F: Nuttall and Warburton (1915); see note below

N: Neumann (1902)

L: unknown

Redescriptions

M: Hoogstraal (1955b), Matthysse and Colbo (1987)

F: Hoogstraal (1955b), Matthysse and Colbo (1987)

N: Hoogstraal (1955b)

Note: the description of the female of Haemaphysalis calcarata in Neumann (1910a) corresponds, in fact, to Haemaphysalis houyi , as explained in Hoogstraal (1955b).