Haemaphysalis

Translingual

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) From Ancient Greek αἷμα (haîma, “blood”) +  φυσαλλίς (phusallís, “bladder”), from φυσιόω (phusióō, “to puff up, blow up”), φυσώ (phusṓ).

Proper noun

Haemaphysalis f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Ixodidae – small eyeless ticks, some of which are disease carriers.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Chelicerata – subphylum; Arachnida – class; Acari – subclass; Parasitiformes – superorder; Ixodida – order; Ixodoidea - superfamily; Ixodidae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Haemaphysalis longicornis, Haemaphysalis bancrofti, Haemaphysalis flava, Haemaphysalis concinna, Haemaphysalis ratti, Haemaphysalis aculeata, Haemaphysalis turturis, Haemaphysalis anomala, Haemaphysalis cuspidata, Haemaphysalis hispanica, Haemaphysalis hystricis, Haemaphysalis leachi, Haemaphysalis leporispalustris, Haemaphysalis luzonensis, Haemaphysalis minuta, Haemaphysalis pospelovashtromae, Haemaphysalis spinigera  - selected species

References

• Haemaphysalis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Haemaphysalis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Haemaphysalis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons