Haemaphysalis bancrofti Nuttall and Warburton 1915

11. Haemaphysalis bancrofti Nuttall and Warburton, 1915.

An Australasian species with one record in the Oriental Zoogeographic Region, all of whose parasitic stages are usually found on Diprotodontia: Macropodidae, but they have also been recovered from Diprotodontia: Phascolarctidae. Adults and nymphs have been collected from Artiodactyla: Bovidae, Carnivora: Canidae, Peramelemorphia: Peramelidae, and Perissodactyla: Equidae. Adults and larvae have been taken from Dasyuromorphia: Dasyuridae; adult ticks alone have been found on Artiodactyla: Suidae, and Carnivora: Felidae; immature stages have been recovered from Diprotodontia: Phalangeridae and Potoroidae, and Cuculiformes: Cuculidae. Haemaphysalis bancrofti is a sporadic parasite of humans.

M: Nuttall and Warburton (1915)

F: Nuttall and Warburton (1915)

N: Nuttall and Warburton (1915)

L: Nuttall and Warburton (1915)

Redescriptions

M: Roberts (1963 a, 1970), Laan et al. (2011a), Barker and Walker (2014)

F: Roberts (1963 a, 1970), Laan et al. (2011a), Barker and Walker (2014)

N: Roberts (1963 a, 1970), Laan et al. (2011a)

L: Roberts (1969), Laan et al. (2011a)

Note: Haemaphysalis novaeguineae Krijgsman and Ponto, a preoccupied name changed to Haemaphysalis meraukensis by Taylor (1944), was described from a male tick in Krijgsman and Ponto (1932) that was found to be a synonym of Haemaphysalis bancrofti, as explained in Roberts (1963a). See also Haemaphysalis anomala for its confusion with Haemaphysalis bancrofti.