Haemaphysalis leachi
Haemaphysalis leachi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Ixodida |
Family: | Ixodidae |
Genus: | Haemaphysalis |
Species: | H. leachi
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Binomial name | |
Haemaphysalis leachi Audouin, 1826
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Synonyms | |
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Haemaphysalis leachi, the yellow dog tick, is a hard-bodied tick of the genus Haemaphysalis. It is also known as African dog tick, or simply as dog tick in many parts of the world.[1]
Distribution
[edit]It is rather cosmopolitan species found throughout Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Cote D'Ivoire, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.[2]
Parasitism
[edit]It is an obligate ectoparasite of many wild and domestic mammals such as domestic and wild carnivores, small rodents, and cattle. It is also a potential vector of boutonneuse fever and canine babesiosis.[3]
Lifecycle
[edit]In yellow dog tick lifecycle, it is attached in to three hosts to complete its life cycle. When the host such as a dog starts to scratch, female dog tick starts to produce a dog-repelling allomone, which enable tick to survive on the hosts further time.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Species Details : Haemaphysalis leachi Audouin, 1826". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
- ^ "Species Details : Haemaphysalis intermedia Warburton & Nuttall, 1909". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
- ^ "Haemaphysalis leachi". Living Naturally and New Moon-Trucke. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
- ^ Burger, Ben V.; Marx, Brenda; Le Roux, Maritha; Oelofsen, Burger W. (2006). "Characterization of Dog Repellent Factor from Cuticular Secretion of Female Yellow Dog Tick, Haemaphysalis leachi". Journal of Chemical Ecology. 32 (1). Stellenbosch University - Scopus Publications: 125–136. doi:10.1007/s10886-006-9356-9. PMID 16525874. S2CID 1532411. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
External links
[edit]- Semiochemicals of Haemaphysalis leachi, the Yellow dog tick
- Effect of Water Flooding on the Oviposition Capacity of Engorged Adult Females and Hatchability of Eggs of Dog Ticks: Rhipicephalus sanguineus and Haemaphysalis leachi leachi
- Studies on the bionomics and biophysiological constituents of Haemaphysalis leachi leachi (dog tick) in Nigeria 1986
- A rickettsial disease in East Africa transmitted by ticks (Rhipicephalus simus and Haemaphysalis leachi)