138 A Check- and Host-List of Ixodoidea (Ticks)
The occurrence of the species has been recorded by Sharif in certain
localities under Bombay, Madras, Central Provinces and Orissa and the
species was mostly found to be associated with bullock and buffalo.
Haemaphysalis leachi (Audouin).
Audouin [1827]. " Description......le Grand ", ed. 2, XXII, Zoologie,
p. 428 ; Sharif [1928]. Rec. Ind. Mus. p. 264.
Sharif records the species from Bihar and Orissa off leopard and wolf
(the latter was shot near Kodarma in Hazaribagh District).
H. leachi var. indica Warburton is more common in India, being recorded
from Bengal, Madras, Bombay, Central Provinces, Orissa and United Pro-
vinces (Sharif). It usually infests wild animals but may attack cattle, dog and
goat.
In Mukteswar collection the species shows as its host the jackal.
Haemaphysalis wellingtoni Nuttall and Warburton.
Nuttall and Warburton [1915]. Ticks, Pt. 3, pp. 479-482; Sharif
[1928]. Rec. Ind. Mus. XXX, p. 268.
Sharif gives the following distribution list:—
Gauhati (Assam) off a cock, and Andaman Islands.
Haemaphysalis campanulata Warburton.
Nuttall and Warburton [1915]. Ticks, Pt. 3, pp. 491-493; Sharif
[1928]. Rec. Ind. Mus. XXX, p. 269.
The species has been recorded from Satharangapara (Travancore) and
Kodarma (Bihar).
Haemaphysalis choprai Sharif.
Sharif [1928]. Rec. Ind. Mus. XXX, p. 270.
The species is founded on a single female specimen off a wolf shot near
Kodarma (Bihar).
Haemaphysalis cornigera Neumann.
Nuttall and Warburton [1915]. Ticks. Pt. 3, pp. 500-504; Sharif
[1928]. Rec. Ind. Mus. XXX, p. 272.
Sharif records several specimens from Chittagong Hill Tracts off sambhar
deer and dog. His record of the species from Kachugaon (Assam) also taken
off sambhar, is from Mukteswar collection.
H. cornigera var. anomala Warburton has so far been recorded from
Bihar and Orissa off cattle, buffalo and wolf (Sharif).
Rhipicephalus sanguineus (Latreille).
Latreille [1806]. Genera Crustaceorum et Insectorum, I, p. 157 ; Sharif
[1928]. Rec. Ind. Mus. XXX, p. 279.