Dorsal and ventral views of a female Anomalohimalaya lama with identifying features of the genus Anomalohimalaya arrowed (Copyright Hoogstraal et al. 1970) (click on thumbnail for larger image).

Dorsal and ventral views of a male Anomalohimalaya lama with identifying features of the genus Anomalohimalaya arrowed (Copyright Hoogstraal et al. 1970) (click on thumbnail for larger image).

Number of species in genus

3 species (Barker & Murrell 2004)

Species list

An. cricetuli Teng & Huang, 1981
An. lamai Hoogstraal, Kaiser & Mitchell, 1970
An. lotzkyi Filippova & Panova, 1978

Identifying features of genus

Adults

• Anal groove: Present "Y" shaped and embracing the anus posteriorly'
• Eyes: Absent
• Festoons: Males, Difficult to see however, present; Females, Present and number 5 or 11
• Basis capituli: Males, Quadrangular; Females, Hexagonal
• Ornamentation: Absent
• Palpi: Males, Palpi conical but not extended laterally; Females Palpi elongated and conical but not extended laterally, segment 2 at least twice as long as broad
• Ventral plates (males only): Absent

Nymphs

• This section needs to be updated

Larvae

• Anal groove: Absent
• Palpi: Short (length <2x width)
• Added or additional large wax glands: None
• Festoons: Present and numbering 9
• Eyes: Often absent
• Post hypostomal setae: 1 pair present 
  

Species occuring in New Zealand

As of June 2008 no species from this genus have recorded as being resident in New Zealand

Species previously intercepted at border

As of June 2008 no species from this genus have been intercepted at New Zealands border

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General comments

Rare genera that is unlikely to be intercepted at at New Zealands borders.  This is likely due to distribution of Anomalohimalaya species being limited to isolated mountianous areas areas in Russia, Nepal and China.

• Geographic range Himalayan region of central asia
• Hosts are small to medium size mammals (shrews, voles, field mice and hares)
• No known economic importance
  

Useful references

Barker SC & Murrell A  2004.  Systematics and evolution of ticks with a list of valid genus and species names.  Parasitology, 129: S15-S36.

Camicas, JL, hervy JP, Adam, F & Morel PC 1998.  Les Tiques de Monde.  Nomenclature, stades decrits, hotes, repartition.  The ticks of the world.  Nomenclature, described stages, hosts, distribution (Acarida, Ixodida). France, Orstom Editions.

Filippova NA & Bardzimashvili EA 1992.  Anomalohimalaya cricetuli (Ixodoidea: Ixodidae) in the mountains of Central Asia and differential diagnosis of female and nymph.  Parazitologiya, 1992 26: 403-408.

Filippova NA & Panova, IV 1978.  Anomalohimalaya lotozkyi sp. n., a new species of ixodid ticks from Peter I ridge (Ixodoidea, Ixodidae).  Parazitologiya. 1978. 12, 391-399.

Filippova NA & Panova IV 1988.  Addition to the diagnosis of the genus Anomalohimalaya (Ixodoidea, Ixodidae) and new data on the distribution of A. lotozkyi.  Parazitologiya, 22: 424-425.

Hoogstaal H, Kaiser MM & Mitchell RM 1970.  Anomalohimalaya lama, new genus and new species (Ixodoidea: Ixodidae), a tick parasitising rodents, shrews and hares in the Tibetan highland of Nepal.  Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 63: 1576-1585.

Horack IG, Camicas, J-L & Kierans, JE 2002. The Argasidae, Ixodidae and Nuttalliellidae (Acari: Ixodida): a world list of valid tick names.  Experimental and Applied Acarology, 28: 27-54.

Teng KF & Huang CA 1981.  A new species of tick of the genus Anomalohimalaya from China (Acarina: Ixodidae).   Acta Entomologica Sinica, 24: 99-102.