Haemaphysalis hystricis

The East Asian mountain haemaphysalid, (Haemaphysalis hystricis), is a hard-bodied tick of the genus Haemaphysalis. It is found in India, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Myanmar, China, Japan, India, Indonesia, Laos, Taiwan and Thailand.[1] It is an obligate ectoparasite of mammals. It is a potential vector of Kyasanur Forest disease virus,[2] Coxiella sp., Ehrlichia sp., and Rickettsia japonica.[3][4] In 2007, an unknown trypanosoma species known as Trypanosoma KG1 isolate was isolated from naturally infected H. hystricis ticks.[5]

Haemaphysalis hystricis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Arachnida
Subclass:	Acari
Superorder:	Parasitiformes
Order:	Ixodida
Family:	Ixodidae
Subfamily:	Haemaphysalinae
Genus:	Haemaphysalis
Species:	H. hystricis
Binomial name
Haemaphysalis hystricis Supino, 1897
Synonyms
Haemaphysalis genevrayi Toumanoff, 1944 Haemaphysalis iwasakii Sugimoto, 1937 Haemaphysalis menui Toumanoff, 1944 Haemaphysalis nishiyamai Luh & Woo, 1950 Haemaphysalis nishiyamai Sugimoto, 1935 Haemaphysalis tieni Phan Trong, 1977 Haemaphysalis trispinosa Toumanoff, 1941 Haemaphysalis (Kaiseriana) hystricis Hoogstraal & Kim, 1985

Parasitism

Adults parasitize various wild and domestic mammals such as domestic cattle, dogs, and humans.[6]

References

1. "Species Details : Haemaphysalis hystricis Supino, 1897". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
2. Sreenivasan, M. A.; Rajagopalan, P. K. (1981). "Ixodid ticks on cattle and buffaloes in the Kyasanur forest disease area of Karnataka State [1981]". Indian Journal of Medical Research. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
3. "A case of human tick Haemaphgsalis hgstricisbite by (Acari:a nymphal tick, Ixodidae),in Japan". The Japan Society of Medical Entomology and Zoology. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
4. "First survey of the hard tick (Acari: Ixodidae) fauna of Nakai District, Khammouane Province, Laos, and an updated checklist of the ticks of Laos". Systematic & Applied Acarology. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
5. Thekisoe, OM; Honda, T; Fujita, H; Battsetseg, B; Hatta, T; Fujisaki, K; Sugimoto, C; Inoue, N (2007). "A trypanosome species isolated from naturally infected Haemaphysalis hystricis ticks in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan". Parasitology. 134 (Pt 7): 967–74. doi:10.1017/S0031182007002375. PMID 17306058.
6. Hoogstraal, Harry; Lim, Boo-Liat; Anastos, George (1969). "Haemaphysalis (Kaiseriana) bispinosa Neumann (Ixodoidea: Ixodidae): Evidence for Consideration as an Introduced Species in the Malay Peninsula and Borneo". The Journal of Parasitology. 55 (5): 1075–1077. doi:10.2307/3277178. JSTOR 3277178.

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