Sharifiella Santos Dias 1958

Genus Sharifiella Santos Dias, 1958 Type species: Haemaphysalis theilerae Hoogstraal, 1953. Designated by monotypy in Santos Dias (1958). Species included: monotypic, Sharifiella theilerae (Hoogstraal, 1953). Diagnosis: With characteristics of its single constituent species S. theilerae provided in Hoogstraal (1953) (as Haemaphysalis theilerae), Uilenberg et al. (1979) (as Haemaphysalis theilerae), and in the current paper below. Etymology: The genus is named after M. Sharif, who identified himself as Officiating Assistant Superintendent, Zoological Survey of India (Calcutta) in Sharif (1928). We were not able to find any additional information, such as years of life, of this tick expert whose large work of 1928 is one of the outstanding contributions to the systematics of ticks of India and adjacent areas.