Description of a new species of Haemaphysalis Koch, 1844 (Acari: Ixodidae), an ornate parasite of birds in Florida, South Carolina and Texas (USA), and redescription of all parasitic stages of H. chordeilis (Packard, 1869).

Haemaphysalis (Aboimisalis) vasilisae sp. nov. (Acari: Ixodidae) is described based on males, females, nymphs and larvae that were collected from passerine birds in the United States (Florida, South Carolina and Texas). Adults, nymphs and larvae of t…

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