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Greek: haima = blood; phyra = bladder. Latin: punctum = injection point; concinna = tiny; inermis = without weapons. English: red ticks.
The genus Haemaphysalis comprises about 165 described species, which occur worldwide. Especially numerous species are found in Asia and in Africa. In Europe three species are endemic, but their biotopes stretch out in many Eastern and Mideastern countries (Figs. 1, 2).
Diagrammatic representation of the shape of the scutum and eye position of different tick genera. Note that Haemaphysalis ticks are eyeless like the stages of Ixodes species
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Babis S (1964) Die Zeckenfauna Mitteleuropas. Akademiai Kiado, Budapest
Burger TD et al (2013) Phylogenetic analysis of the mitochondrial genomes of Haemaphysalis and Amblyomma. Ticks, T-borne Dis 4:265–274
Chen X et al (2014) Multiple lines of evidence on the genetic relatedness of the parthenogenetic and bisexual Haemaphysalis longicornis. Info Genetics Evol 21:308–314
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Mehlhorn, H. (2015). Haemaphysalis species. In: Mehlhorn, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of Parasitology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27769-6_1366-2
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