Dermacentor steini (Schulze, 1933) This is a rainforest species found in the Australasian and Oriental Regions (Guglielmone et al. 2014). Adults parasitize wild pigs (Sus spp.), with occasional records from humans, rodents, carnivores, pangolin, porcupine, tapir, mouse deer, buffalo, snakes and varanid lizards (Wassef and Hoogstraal 1988). Dermacentor steini occurs in Lao PDR, peninsular Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam (Hoogstraal and Wassef 1988; Kolonin 1992; Vongphayloth et al. 2018b). The male and female are described in Wassef and Hoogstraal (1986b).

Published as part of Petney, Trevor N., Boulanger, Nathalie, Saijuntha, Weerachai, Chitimia-Dobler, Lidia, Pfeffer, Martin, Eamudomkarn, Chatanun, Andrews, Ross H., Ahamad, Mariana, Putthasorn, Noppadon, Muders, Senta V., Petney, David A. & Robbins, Richard G., 2019, Ticks (Argasidae, Ixodidae) and tick-borne diseases of continental Southeast Asia, pp. 1-89 in Zootaxa 4558 (1) on page 20, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4558.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/2613120