Haemaphysalis (Kaiseriana) Mageshimaensis (Ixodoidea: Ixodidae): Human and Wild and Domestic Mammal Hosts, and Distribution in Japan, Taiwan, and China.

摘要

Haemaphysalis (Kaiseriana) mageshimaensis Saito and Hoogstraal, originally described from specimens from vegetation (and laboratory-reared) from Mage Island, Japan, is now recorded from over 1,800 additional samples taken in Taiwan and nearby Lutao and Lan-yu islands, and in southeastern China and Hong Kong. Adults, and often also nymphs, parasitize wild carnivores (palm civet, leopard cat, and tiger), the barking deer, humans, domestic goats, and other domestic mammals. Numerous larvae parasitized a palm civet and a leopard cat. Fewer larvae were taken from rats, birds, and domestic goats and dogs. The field data show no evidence of parthenogenetic reproduction. From field observations of sick goat and cattle hosts, the frequency of biting humans, and an unusually wide pattern of immature-stage host relationships, this parasite is a candidate for medical, veterinary, and biological investigation. (Author)