A record of Haemaphysalis erinacei (Acari: Ixodidae) collected from Hedgehog and an identification key for the species of Haemaphysalisoccurring in Iran

Hosseini-Chegeni, Asadollah; Telmadarraiy, Zakkyeh; Salimi, Mahdi; Arzamani, Kourosh; Banafshi, Omid

doi:10.22073/pja.v3i3.10152

A record of Haemaphysalis erinacei (Acari: Ixodidae) collected from Hedgehog and an identification key for the species of Haemaphysalisoccurring in Iran

Authors

Asadollah Hosseini-Chegeni ¹

Zakkyeh Telmadarraiy ²

Mahdi Salimi ³

Kourosh Arzamani ²

Omid Banafshi ⁴

¹ Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Guilan, Guilan, Iran;

² Department of Medical Entomology and Vector Control, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran;

³ Research Institute of Zoonotic Diseases, University of Shahrekord, Shahrekord, Iran;

⁴ Department of Disease Control, Deputy of Health, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran;

10.22073/pja.v3i3.10152

Abstract

Ticks of the order Ixodida are among the most proficient ectoparasites worldwide. Haemaphysalis is the second largest genus within Ixodidae. Southeast Asia is thought to be the original center of development and dispersal of the genus. Six species of Haemaphysalis, H. concinna, H. erinacei, H. inermis, H. parva, H. punctata and H. sulcata, have been recorded as occurring in Iran. The current paper deals with notes on taxonomy of H. erinacei and provides a provisional key for the identification of Haemaphysalis species that occur in Iran.

Keywords

Taxonomy

species

identification

pictorial key

tick