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Disease Relationship
Not known.
2.5.4 Haemaphysalis megalaimae
This species was first described by Rajagopalan in 1963 from the tick samples col-
lected in Shimoga district of Karnataka state of India, on the bird “small green bar-
bet (Megalaimae virdis)” in 1960. The name of the species is derived from the
scientific name of the host species (
Figure 2.34
).
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Male (
Figures 2.35 and 2.36
)
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Overall body length is 1.62 mm, width 1.11 mm.
Capitulum: Length of basis is 0.17 mm, width 0.31 mm, rectangular, and width
about twice the length. Length of cornua is 0.37 mm, moderate, and sharp.
Hypostomal teeth is 5/5 apically, diminishing to 3/3 proximally, with about ten
denticles per file. Length of hypostome is 0.17 mm.
Scutum: Punctations are fine, numerous, and evenly distributed. Lateral grooves
are prominent, beginning at a point between legs II and III and continuing posteri-
orly across two festoons on either side. Cervical grooves are moderate, deep
Figure 2.34
Distribution of
H. megalaimae in India. (
)
Place of first record.
Map not to scale.
