Haemaphysalis pospelovashtromae, Pospelova-Shtrom’s USSR mountain haemaphysalid, is an ixodid tick native to Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, and the Republic of Georgia that parasitizes cattle and goats.[1][2][3] The species epithet honors parasitologist Dr. Maria V. Pospelova-Shtrom.[1]
| Haemaphysalis pospelovashtromae | |
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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. pospelovashtromae
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| Binomial name | |
| Haemaphysalis pospelovashtromae Hoogstraal, 1966
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H. pospelovashtromae is a moderately large haemaphysalid, the adult males averaging 2.7 mm in length and 1.4 mm in width, and unengorged adult females 3.4 mm in length and 2.8 mm in width.[1] When unengorged, they are of a yellowish color.[1] The conscutum of the male is pear-shaped, and the scutum of the female is slightly longer than wide with the outline widest at the anterior third of the length and gradually converging to a moderately pointed posterior margin.[1] The posterior margin of the idiosoma has 11 festoons.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f Harry Hoogstraal. 1966. Haemaphysalis (Allophysalis) pospelovashtromae sp. n. from USSR and Redescription of the Type Material of H. (A.) Warburtoni Nuttall from China (Ixodoidea, Ixodidae). Journal of Parasitology, 52(4):787-800, https://www.jstor.org/stable/3276458;"The new species described herein is dedicated to Professor Maria V. Pospelova-Shtrom of the Institute of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, Moscow, who has generously furnished the specimens of this species, in recognition of her pioneer studies on the systematics of Haemaphysalis ticks as well as of her many important contributions to knowledge of Asiatic ticks."
- ^ Richard G. Robbins and James E. Keirans: Tick Species of Central Asia, Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit, http://www.wrbu.org/tkID/tk_CENTCOMlist.html, last retrieved May 28, 2018.
- ^ Animal Diversity Web, Haemaphysalis pospelovashtromae, http://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Haemaphysalis_pospelovashtromae/classification/, last retrieved 28 May 2018.