Haemaphysalis hystricis

Haemaphysalis hystricis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Ixodida
Family:	Ixodidae
Genus:	Haemaphysalis
Species:	H. hystricis
Binomial name
Haemaphysalis hystricis Supino, 1897
Synonyms
Haemaphysalis genevrayiToumanoff, 1944 Haemaphysalis iwasakiiSugimoto, 1937 Haemaphysalis menuiToumanoff, 1944 Haemaphysalis nishiyamaiLuh & Woo, 1950 Haemaphysalis nishiyamaiSugimoto, 1935 Haemaphysalis tieni PhanTrong, 1977 Haemaphysalis trispinosaToumanoff, 1941 Haemaphysalis (Kaiseriana) hystricisHoogstraal & Kim, 1985

Haemaphysalis hystricis, the East Asian mountain haemaphysalid, 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]

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. S2CID   5546788.
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. PMID   5391311.