Biology Reference
In-Depth Information
Host
31,120
Immature stages: Leopard, sambar deer, chital deer.
Adults: Wild mammals, domestic cattle, buffalo, goat, Indian muntjac, leopard,
tiger, sambar deer, chital deer, human (crawling).
Distribution
31,120
India (Himachal Pradesh, West Bengal), Nepal.
2.7.8 Haemaphysalis bispinosa
This species was described from a single female collected in southern Chennai of
Tamil Nadu, India, by Neumann in 1897. This species is characterized by the
absence of well-developed cornua. The lateral borders of the palpae are not salient
and the palpal dorsomedial elevated retroverted spur is on its posterior or basal bor-
der (
Figure 2.76
).
Male (
Figures 2.77 and 2.78
)
1,66,104,127,146
Its size varies from 1.5 mm
1.1 mm to 2.1 mm
1.46 mm.
3
3
Figure 2.76
Distribution of
H. bispinosa in India. (
) Place
of first record.
Map not to scale.
