Biology Reference
In-Depth Information
Table 2.9
Life Cycle of Haemaphysalis kyasanurensis in Laboratory
Events
Number of Days
Number of Observations
Pre-oviposition
7
18
21
16
29
Oviposition
21
47
67
Incubation
10 egg masses
5
7
Pre-feeding of larva
6 broods
Feeding of larva
a,b
4
7
6 batches
Molting of larva
15
18
6 batches
Pre-feeding of nymph
5
7
3 batches
Feeding of nymph
a
4
7
3 batches
Molting of nymph
18
25
3 batches
Pre-feeding of adult
20
25
21 pairs
Feeding of female
c
7
10
21
a
Fed on chick.
b
Fed on rats.
c
Fed on rabbit.
Distribution
141
India (Karnataka), Sri Lanka.
Disease Relationship
10
A number of KFD isolations, single isolation from larvae, 41 isolations from
nymphs, and 4 isolations from adults during the period of 1961
1972, have been
made from the immature as well as adult stages of this species.
10
Ecology
118
This is a species with apparently restricted distribution in the western parts of
India. It is fairly common in the KFD area, the adults of which chiefly parasitizing
wild animals such as Hystrix indica, Canis aureus, etc.
2.8.2 Haemaphysalis aborensis
This species was briefly described from a single female collected from Abor hills
of Arunachal Pradesh, India by Warburton in 1913, hence the name. In this species,
the adult palpi are compact while the immatures are salient, the characteristic fea-
ture of the subgenera Aborphysalis (
Figure 2.108
).
Male (
Figures 2.109 and 2.110
)
78
Overall body length is 2.33
3.08 mm (average 2.79 mm), breadth 1.49
2.00 mm
(average 1.80 mm).
