Notes on African Haemaphysalis ticks. XV. H. (Rhipistoma) norvali sp.n., a hedgehog parasite of the H. (R.) spinulosa group in Zimbabwe (Acarina: Ixodidae).
The male, female, nymph, and larva of Haemaphysalis (Rhipistoma) norvali sp. n., are described and compared with other members of the H. (R.) spinulosa group. Adult H. (R.) norvali parasitize the southern African hedgehog, Erinaceus frontalis Smith, in Matabeleland, Zimbabwe. Immatures were reared on a laboratory rabbit.
D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D006364:Hedgehogs / Q000469:parasitology*; D007814:Larva; D008297:Male; D009758:Nymph; D013987:Ticks / Q000033:anatomy & histology*