Haemaphysalis papuana Thorell 1883

116. Haemaphysalis papuana Thorell, 1883.

An Australasian and Oriental species whose adults are usually found on Artiodactyla: Suidae. Adults and immature stages have been collected from Suidae and Carnivora: Canidae and Ursidae, as well as Rodentia: Muridae; adults alone have been recovered from Artiodactyla: Cervidae and Moschidae, Carnivora: Felidae, Mustelidae and Viverridae, Rodentia: Hystricidae, and rarely from Galliformes: Phasianidae. Haemaphysalis papuana is a very rare parasite of humans.

M: Thorell (1883)

F: Thorell (1883)

N: Trapido et al. (1964b), but see note below

L: Kadarsan (1971), but see note below

Redescriptions

M: Krijgsman and Ponto (1932), Trapido et al. (1964b), Tanskul and Inlao (1989)

F: Krijgsman and Ponto (1932), Trapido et al. (1964b), Tanskul and Inlao (1989)

N: Trapido et al. (1964b)

L: none

Note: Guglielmone et al. (2014) stated that records and descriptions of Haemaphysalis papuana before Trapido et al. (1964b) are taxonomically uncertain, but the redescription of this species in Krijgsman and Ponto (1932) is treated as valid here. Camicas et al. (1998) list the larva of Haemaphysalis papuana as undescribed, but its description in Kadarsan (1971) is valid. Trapido et al. (1964b), in discussing Haemaphysalis papuana papuana and Haemaphysalis papuana kinneari, state that the description of the nymph of Haemaphysalis papuana in Nuttall and Warburton (1915) corresponds to another species, and the description of the larva by the same authors is questionable; therefore, Trapido et al. (1964b) did not endorse the diagnosis of Trapido et al. (1964a), who treated the larva and nymph of Haemaphysalis papuana in Nuttall and Warburton (1915) as Haemaphysalis papuana kinneari. See also Haemaphysalis hirsuta, Haemaphysalis kinneari and Haemaphysalis susphilippensis for their confusion with Haemaphysalis papuana.