Haemaphysalis leporispalustris

Haemaphysalis leporispalustris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Ixodida
Family: Ixodidae
Genus: Haemaphysalis
Species:
H. leporispalustris
Binomial name
Haemaphysalis leporispalustris
Packard, 1869

Haemaphysalis leporispalustris, the rabbit tick (occasionally known as the grouse tick), is a species of tick that is widely distributed in the Americas, stretching from Alaska to Argentina. H. leporispalustris is known to have one of the largest distributions for a tick originating in the New World. It is a three-host tick and a member of the family Ixodidae, commonly called the "hard ticks," and the genus Haemaphysalis.[1] Its common hosts are rabbits (such as Sylvilagus spp.), hares (Lepus spp.), and sometimes ground-feeding birds.[2] H. leporispalustris has a rigid scutum and a prominent capitulum projecting forward from its body and is often said to look like the "wood tick".[3][4] It has a hemimetabolic life cycle. H. leporispalustris does not play a prominent role in disease transmission in humans but is a vector for disease in other animals.

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  2. ^ Freitas; H.T. Luciana., J.L.H. Faccini; M.B. Labruna. (2009). "Experimental Infection of the Rabbit Tick, Haemaphysalis Leporispalustris, with the Bacterium Rickettsia Rickettsii, and Comparative Biology of Infected and Uninfected Tick Lineages". Biology of Infected and Uninfected Tick Lineages. Experimental and Applied Acarology. 47 (4): 321–345. doi:10.1007/s10493-008-9220-4. PMID 19067185. S2CID 21345641.
  3. ^ "Rabbit Ticks in Alberta" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
  4. ^ van Praag, Esther. "Ticks in Rabbits". Retrieved 22 October 2013.