Haemaphysalis pentalagi

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. Due to its host-specific relationship with the endangered Amami rabbit, it is considered a co-endangered species.

Haemaphysalis pentalagi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Ixodida
Family: Ixodidae
Genus: Haemaphysalis
Species:
H. pentalagi
Binomial name
Haemaphysalis pentalagi
Pospelova-Shtrom (1935)[1]

The Ryukyu rabbit tick was originally described and named in 1935 based on a single male specimen.[2] Full descriptions of the male, female, nymphal and larval stages were published in April 1970 in the Journal of Parasitology by Harry Hoogstraal and Noboru Yamagutit.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Haemaphysalis pentalagi Pospelova-Shtrom, 1935". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
  2. ^ POSPELOVA-SHTROM, M.V. (1935). "The classification of the ixodid genus Haemaphysalis". Bazy Acad. Nauk SSR. 5: 205-217.
  3. ^ 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.