The genus Hyalomma Koch, 1844. VIII. Redescription of three Hyalommina Schulze, 1919 species (Acari: Ixodidae) from South Asia with notes on their biology

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 2050, 2009, Pages 31-55

  Apanaskevich, Dmitry A ^a   Horak, Ivan G ^b,d   Geevarghese, Geevarghese ^c  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Female; Hyalomma (Hyalommina) brevipunctata; Hyalomma (Hyalommina) hussaini; Hyalomma (Hyalommina) kumari; Larva; Male; Nymph; Systematics

Indexed keywords

ACARI; HYALOMMA; HYALOMMA HUSSAINI; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; MAMMALIA; SCUTUM; UNGULATA;

EID: 64549130874     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2050.1.     Document Type: Review

References (24)

1. Apanaskevich, D.A. (2003) Differentiation of closely related species Hyalomma anatolicum and H. excavatum (Acari, Ixodidae) based on a study of all life cycle stages, throughout their entire geographical range. Parazitologiya, 37, 259-280.
2. Apanaskevich, D.A. & Horak, I.G. (2006) The genus Hyalomma Koch, 1844. I. Reinstatement of Hyalomma Euhyalomma) glahrum Delpy, 1949 (Acari, Ixodidae) as a valid species with a redescription of the adults, the first description of its immature stages and notes on its biology. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 73, 1-12.
3. Chaudhuri, R.P. (1970) Description of the immature stages of Hyalomma (Hyalommina) kumari Sharif, 1928 (Acarina: Ixodidae) and redescription of the adults, with notes on its hosts and distribution. Parasitology, 61, 43-53.
4. Delpy, L.P. (1949) Essai critique de synonymie du genre Hyalomma C.L. Koch 1844 depuis Linne, 1758. Annates de Parasitologic Humaine et Comparée, 24, 464-494.
5. Dhanda, V. & Raja, E.E. (1974) A new species of Hyalomma (Acarina: Ixodidae) from porcupine in south India. Oriental Insects, 8, 531-536.
6. Dilrukshi, RR.M.R (2006) Taxonomic status of ticks in Sri Lanka. In: Bambaradeniya C.N.B. (Ed.), The Fauna of Sri Lanka: Status of Taxonomy, Research and Conservation. The World Conservation Union, Colombo, Sri Lanka, pp. 65-69.
7. Feldman-Muhsam, B. (1957) Revision of the genus Hyalomma. 11. The subgenus Hyalommina. Parasitology, 47, 46-59.
8. Geevarghese, G. & Dhanda, V. (1987) The Indian Hyalomma ticks (Ixodoidea: Ixodidae). Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi, India, 119 pp.
9. Gill, H.S. & Gill, B.S. (1977) Ixodid ticks of domestic animals in the Punjab State. Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, India, 69 pp.
10. Hoogstraal, H. (1956) African Ixodoidea. I. Ticks of the Sudan (with special reference to Equatoria Province and with preliminary reviews of the genera Boophilus, Margaropus, and Hyalomma). Department of the Navy, Washington D.C., 1101 pp.
11. Hoogstraal, H. & Valdez, R. (1980) Ticks (Ixodoidea) from wild sheep and goats in Iran and medical and veterinary implications. Fieldiana Zoology, 6, 1-16.
12. Kaiser, M.N. and Hoogstraal, H. (1963) The Hyalomma ticks (Ixodoidea, Ixodidae) of Afghanistan. Journal of Parasitology, 49, 130-139.
13. Kaiser, M.N. and Hoogstraal, H. (1964) The Hyalomma ticks (Ixodoidea, Ixodidae) of Pakistan, India, and Ceylon, with keys to subgenera and species. Acarologia, 6, 257-286.
14. Kaul, H.N., Dhanda, V. & Mishra, A.C. (1979) A survey of ixodid ticks in Orissa State, India. Indian Journal of Animal Sciences, 49, 707-712.
15. Kaul, H.N., Mishra, A.C, Dhanda, V., Kulkarni, S.M. & Guttikar, S.N. (1978) Ectoparasitic arthropods of birds and mammals from Rajasthan State, India. Indian Journal of Parasitology, 2, 19-25.
16. Keirans, J.E. & Hillyard, P.D. (2001) A catalogue of the type specimens of Ixodida (Acari: Argasidae, Ixodidae) deposited in the Natural History Museum, London. Occasional Papers on Systematic Entomology, 13, 1-74.
17. Miranpuri, GS. & Naithani R.C. (1978) A check list of Indian ticks (Ixodoidea: Acarina). Indian Veterinary Research Institute, lzatnagar, India, 50 pp.
18. Mitchell, R.M. (1979) A list of ectoparasites from Nepalese mammals, collected during the Nepal ectoparasite program. Journal of Medical Entomology, 16, 227-233.
19. Rebello, M.J. & Reuben, R. (1967) A report on ticks collected from birds and small mammals in North Arcot and Chittoor districts, South India. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 63, 283-289.
20. Robbins, R.G, Piatt, S.G. & Keirans, J.E. (2002) First report of Hyalomma marginatum isaaci Sharif (Acari: Ixodida: Ixodidae) from the Union of Myanmar, with a concurrent collection of H. hussaini Sharif. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 104, 1061-1063.
21. Sharif, M. (1928) A revision of the Indian Ixodidae with special reference to the collection in the Indian Museum. Records of the Indian Museum, 30, 217-344.
22. Singh, K.R.P. & Dhanda, V. (1965) Description and keys of immature stages of some species of Indian Hyalomma Koch, 1844 (Ixodoidea, Ixodidae). Acarologia, 1, 636-651.
23. Starkov, OA. (1972) Hyalomma (Hyalommina) kumari Sharif, 1928 (Ixodoidea, Ixodidae) - a new species of bloodsucking tick for fauna of the USSR, hvestiya Akademii Nauk Tadzhikskoi SSR, Otdelenie Biologicheskikh Nauk, 1, 73-75. (in Russian)
24. Wattal, B.L. & Srivastva, S.P. (1967) Ectoparasite fauna of small mammals and domestic animals in the neighbourhood of Alwar city (Rajasthan). Bulletin of the Indian Society for Malaria and other Communicable Diseases, 4, 191-202.