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Accession Number:
AD0645001
Title:
DESCRIPTION OF THE LARVA OF HAEMAPHYSALIS PAVLOVSKYI POSPELOVA-SHTROM,
Descriptive Note:
Corporate Author:
NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH UNIT NO 3 CAIRO (EGYPT) DEPT OF MEDICAL ZOOLOGY
Report Date:
1964-01-01
Pagination or Media Count:
2.0
Abstract:
Haemaphysalis pavlovskyi ticks were first found by Pospelova-Shtrom Material of Tadzhik Expedition 1932 in southern Tadzhikistan in the vicinity of Sarai-Kamara and Kizil-Su in the tugai, on pheasants Phasianus colchicus bianchii But. and on a hare Lepus totai bokchariensis Ogn. males and nymphs were collected from the pheasants and 2 nymphs were found on the hare. Pospelova-Shtrom 1935 established this tick species to be new to science and first described the male in 1939, she gave a description of nymphs.
Distribution Statement:
APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE