Redescription of adults and first description of the larva of Haemaphysalis (Rhipistoma) adleri Feldman-Muhsam, 1951 (Acari: Ixodidae), parasite of carnivorans in Western Asia

Cole C Anderson; Maria A Apanaskevich; Kosta Y Mumcuoglu; Dmitry A Apanaskevich

doi:10.1007/s11230-024-10156-1

Redescription of adults and first description of the larva of Haemaphysalis (Rhipistoma) adleri Feldman-Muhsam, 1951 (Acari: Ixodidae), parasite of carnivorans in Western Asia

Syst Parasitol. 2024 May 3;101(3):36. doi: 10.1007/s11230-024-10156-1.

Authors

Cole C Anderson¹, Maria A Apanaskevich², Kosta Y Mumcuoglu³, Dmitry A Apanaskevich^{4

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Affiliations

¹ Biology Department, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA, 30460, USA.
² , Statesboro, GA, 30458, USA.
³ Parasitology Unit, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, The Kuvin Center for the Study of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel.
⁴ Biology Department, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA, 30460, USA. dapanaskevich@georgiasouthern.edu.
⁵ United States National Tick Collection, The James H. Oliver, Jr. Institute for Coastal Plain Science, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA, 30460-7982, USA. dapanaskevich@georgiasouthern.edu.

PMID: 38700605
DOI: 10.1007/s11230-024-10156-1

Abstract

The adults of Haemaphysalis (Rhipistoma) adleri Feldman-Muhsam, 1951 (Acari: Ixodidae) are redescribed and the larva of this species is described for the first time here. The adults of H. adleri that we studied were collected from various canid, felid and hyaenid carnivorans (Carnivora: Canidae, Felidae, Hyaenidae) as well as a hedgehog (Erinaceomorpha: Erinaceidae) in Iraq, Israel and West Bank. The males, females and larvae of H. adleri can be differentiated from Haemaphysalis (Rhipistoma) species occurring in the Palearctic portion of West Asia and Egypt as well those in the H. asiatica subgroup by the length of idiosomal setae, development and size of spurs on palpi, dental formula on the hypostome and size of spur on coxae. A lectotype of H. adleri has been designated and the geographic distribution and hosts of this tick species are discussed.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Asia, Western
Carnivora / parasitology
Female
Ixodidae* / anatomy & histology
Ixodidae* / classification
Ixodidae* / parasitology
Larva* / anatomy & histology
Male
Species Specificity*