Rhipicephalus haemaphysaloides
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Author(s): Yanan Wang et al.
Source: Parasites & Vectors (2020) 13, 288
Rhipicephalus haemaphysaloides Supino, 1897
This tick is found in southern Asia from Afghanistan to southern China. It can be common in some areas and attacks various mammals like dogs, cattle, goats and other domestic animals. Immature forms can also bite humans. R. haemaphysaloides can transmit several diseases, including bovine babesiosis (Babesia orientalis) and human diseases like Kyasanur Forest disease and human theileriosis, caused by Theileria microti.
R. haemaphysaloides is a three-host hard tick, with the 3 stages (larvae, nymphs and adults) parasitising 3 different mammals and always dropping off the host after a blood meal and before the next moult. The adults are brown and have a length of around 3 mm (unengorged), with females being larger than males.
