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Haemaphysalis (Allophysalis) kopetdaghica: Identity and Discovery of Each Feeding Stage on the Wild Goat in Northern Iran (Ixodoidea: Ixodidae)

1979; American Society of Parasitologists; Volume: 65; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.2307/3280363

1937-2345

Harry Hoogstraal, Hilda Y. Wassef,

Insect Pest Control Strategies

Haemaphysalis (Allophysalis) kopetdaghica Kerbabaev 1962, was poorly described and crudely sketched from 3 males, 1 female, 3 nymphs, and 3 larvae taken from a wild goat, leopard, and domestic horse in the upper belt of the Kopet Dag Mountains, Turkmen SSR. The validity of this taxon has been questioned by Soviet and other specialists. However, 117 adults and 88 immatures of a single Haemaphysalis species recently taken from a young wild goat at ca. 2,400 m altitude in the Elburz Mountains of Iran represent this taxon beyond a reasonable doubt. The Iranian sample is redescribed, illustrated, and compared biologically and structurally with the 6 other species comprising the subgenus Allophysalis Hoogstraal, which inhabit 2,500 to 4,000 m altitude zones from the Caspian area to Mongolia (Iran, USSR, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, China, and Mongolia). Ungulates (goral, serow, thar, musk deer, ibex, yak, sheep, goat, cow, horse) are the chief hosts of adults of each Allophysalis species and also of the immatures of some species (immatures of one species are recorded from the monal pheasant as well as from ungulates). Rodents and the pika are the chief hosts of immatures of a second group of species in this subgenus. The distinctive H. (A.) kopetdaghica shares several specialized structural features between the immature and adult stages and shows less sexual dimorphism than in other Allophysalis