Haemaphysalis intermedia

Unique identifier: 24
Haemaphysalis intermedia
© ICMR-Vector Control Research Center

Morphological Keys

Stage/Sex Morphological Keys
Female
  • No salience
  • Punctations of scutum numerous and deep, distributed over the entire surface
  • Dorsobasal margin of palpal segment 3 with sharp triangular subinternal retroverted spur
  • Six or seven feathery, closeset infrainternal setae.
  • A. Elango. Hands-on Training Module on Medically Important Hard Ticks (Ixodidae). ICMR-Vector Control Research Centre (VCRC), Puducherry, 2022. https://vcrc.icmr.org.in/images/pdf/Manuals/Hands_on_Training_on_Medically_Important_Hard_Ticks_ICMR-VCRC.pdf.
Male
  • No salience
  • Palpal segment 3 with a distinct dorsal retroverted spur
  • Scutum ovate, punctations numerous and deep over the entire surface
  • Palpal segment 3 with dorsal, sharp, triangular, subinternal, retroverted spur
  • Infrainternal setae feathery, close-set.
  • A. Elango. Hands-on Training Module on Medically Important Hard Ticks (Ixodidae). ICMR-Vector Control Research Centre (VCRC), Puducherry, 2022. https://vcrc.icmr.org.in/images/pdf/Manuals/Hands_on_Training_on_Medically_Important_Hard_Ticks_ICMR-VCRC.pdf.
Nymph
  • No salience
  • Coxae III and IV with distinct sharp spurs
  • Ventral trochanter spurs absent or obscure
  • Four feathery, closely-set infrainternal setae
  • In ventral aspect, external profile of palps with abrupt recurvature
  • Dorsobasal margin of palpal segment 3 extending beyond internal margin of palpal segment 2.
  • A. Elango. Hands-on Training Module on Medically Important Hard Ticks (Ixodidae). ICMR-Vector Control Research Centre (VCRC), Puducherry, 2022. https://vcrc.icmr.org.in/images/pdf/Manuals/Hands_on_Training_on_Medically_Important_Hard_Ticks_ICMR-VCRC.pdf.
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