Haemaphysalis pentalagi
| Haemaphysalis pentalagi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Ixodida |
| Family: | Ixodidae |
| Genus: | Haemaphysalis |
| Species: | H. pentalagi
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| Binomial name | |
| Haemaphysalis pentalagi Pospelova-Shtrom (1935)[1]
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Haemaphysalis pentalagi, the Ryukyu rabbit tick, is an endangered species endemic to Japan where it is only known from Amami Ōshima, an island in the Ryukyu archipelago. It is a host specific parasite of the Amami rabbit (Pentalagus furnessi) which is endemic to the islands of Amami Ōshima and Tokunoshima. The Ryukyu rabbit tick was originally described and named in 1935 based on a single male specimen.[2] Due to its host-specific relationship with the endangered Amami rabbit, it is considered a co-endangered species.
A full description of the males, females, nymphs and larvae was published in April 1970 in the Journal of Parasitology by Harry Hoogstraal and Noboru Yamagutit.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Haemaphysalis pentalagi Pospelova-Shtrom, 1935". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
- ^ POSPELOVA-SHTROM, M.V. (1935). "The classification of the ixodid genus Haemaphysalis". Bazy Acad. Nauk SSR. 5: 205-217.
- ^ Hoogstraal, Harry; Yamaguti, Noboru (1970). "Haemaphysalis (H.) pentalagi Pospelova-Shtrom, a Parasite of the Japanese Black Rabbit: Redescription of the Male and Descriptions of the Female, Nymph, and Larva (Ixodoidea: Ixodidae)". The Journal of Parasitology. 56 (2): 367–374. doi:10.2307/3277677. ISSN 0022-3395. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
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