The Genus Haemaphysalis (Acari: Ixodidae) in Laos: An Update of Species Records and a Review of Taxonomic Challenges

Khamsing Vongphayloth; Dmitry A Apanaskevich; Khaithong Lakeomany; Nothasine Phommavanh; Vu Sinh Nam; Jodi M Fiorenzano; Jeffrey C Hertz; Ian W Sutherland; Paul T Brey; Richard G Robbins

doi:10.1093/jme/tjac075

The Genus Haemaphysalis (Acari: Ixodidae) in Laos: An Update of Species Records and a Review of Taxonomic Challenges

J Med Entomol. 2022 Nov 16;59(6):1986-1992. doi: 10.1093/jme/tjac075.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Institut Pasteur du Laos, Laboratory of Vector-Borne Diseases, Samsenhai Road, Ban Kao-Gnot, Sisattanak District, 3560 Vientiane, Lao PDR.
² United States National Tick Collection, The James H. Oliver, Jr. Institute for Coastal Plain Science, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA 30460, USA.
³ Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg 199034, Russia.
⁴ Medical Entomology and Zoology Department, National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Hanoi, Vietnam.
⁵ U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit Two, Emerging Infections Department, Entomology Division, Sembawang, Singapore.
⁶ Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit, Department of Entomology, Smithsonian Institution, MSC, MRC 534, 4210 Silver Hill Road, Suitland, MD 20746, USA.
⁷ Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, 503 Robert Grant Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20910, USA.

PMID: 35980598
DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjac075

Abstract

Haemaphysalis Koch, 1844, is the largest genus of ticks in Southeast Asia, but little information is available concerning the species present in Laos. Recent research has yielded records for 10 Haemaphysalis species in Laos, including 5 new records, as well as 3 morphological entities of uncertain status. Further morphological and molecular studies are needed to clarify our taxonomic understanding of this genus in Southeast Asia.

Keywords: Haemaphysalis; Acari; Ixodidae; Laos; tick.

Publication types

Review
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Asia, Southeastern
Ixodidae*
Laos
Ticks*