The male and female of Haemaphysalis (Kaiseriana) anomala Warburton are redescribed. Of 14 collections studied from northern and eastern India, Nepal, Cambodia, and Vietnam, three are from humans, four from sambar deer (Cervus unicolor niger and Cervus unicolor equinus), one from barking deer (Muntiacus muntjak vaginalis), one from Asiatic wild cattle or banting (Bos sondaicus subsp.), one from domestic cattle, one from a leopard (Felis pardus subsp.), and one from a (presumably Canis lupus pallipes, or wolf jackal). Collecting localities range in altitude from about 800 to 4,000 ft. It is suggested that the distribution of this species may be peculiarly confined to certain ecological zones, the characteristics of which remain to be determined. Haemaphysalis (Kaiseriana) anomala War- burton, a member of the H. cornigera complex with relatively unspecialized male palpal out- lines, has previously been known only from brief descriptions of a few specimens from India and one from Cambodia. The male and female are redescribed and collecting data from humans, a domestic cow, carnivores, deer, and wild cattle in India, Nepal, Cambodia, and
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