Studies on Southeast Asian Haemaphysalis Ticks (Ixodoidea: Ixodidae). 'H. (Kaiseriana) lagrangei' Larrousse: Identity, Distribution, and Hosts.

摘要

Structural variations observed within wild-caught and laboratory-reared samples attributed to Haemaphysalis (Kaiseriana) lagrangei Larrousse have made it difficult to define this species and its relationships to others in the H. (K.) bispinosa group. The type material is in a poor state of preservation. The male and female are redescribed and the nymph and larva are described. Adults from the sambar deer are generally larger in size than those from the barking deer and small carnivores (ferret-badgers, and various civets and mongooses). Structural differences in various population samples are described. This forest-inhabiting species is common in Vietnam and Cambodia and also occurs in Thailand and the Malay Peninsula.