Haemaphysalis intermedia, the flat-inner-spurred haemaphysalid, is a hard-bodied tick of the genus Haemaphysalis. It is found in India and Sri Lanka. It is an obligate ectoparasite of mammals (a parasite that lives outside its host). It is a potential vector of Kyasanur Forest disease virus, Ganjam virus, and Nairobi sheep disease virus.
Parasitism Adults parasitize various wild and domestic mammals. Ticks can be controlled by using cypermethrin.
References
External links Ganjam virus: a new arbovirus isolated from ticks Haemaphysalis intermedia Warburton and Nuttall, 1909 in Orissa, India. Redescription of Cotypes and All Stages of Haemaphysalis intermedia Warburton and Nuttall, 1909 (= H. parva Neumann, 1908, Preoccupied) from Ceylon and India (Ixodoidea, Ixodidae)