Biology Reference
In-Depth Information
Distribution
56,120,143
India (Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand (previously part of Bihar), Himachal Pradesh,
Jammu and Kashmir, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand (previously part of Uttar Pradesh),
Orissa, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu).
Disease Relationship
Not recorded.
2.7.17 Haemaphysalis silvafelis
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This species was described first by Hoogstraal and Trapido in 1963 collected from
a red jungle cat (Felis chaus) in the Hyderabad area of Andhra Pradesh state of
India, so the name may have been after the scientific name of the host. This species
is closely related to H. turturis in many morphologic features but differs in some
characteristics (
Figure 2.102
).
Male (
Figures 2.103 and 2.104
)
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Overall body length is approximately 1.7 mm and width 1.0 mm.
Capitulum: Basis capitulum is 1.7 times as wide as long; cornua are approxi-
mately half as long as the base of basis capitulum, acutely triangular; surface has
several large, shallow punctations. Palpi are sub-conical, lacking a pronounced
Figure 2.102
Distribution
of H. silvafelis in India. (
)
Place of first record.
Map not to scale.
