Haemaphysalis kinneari

Unique identifier: 25
Haemaphysalis kinneari
© ICMR-Vector Control Research Center

Morphological Keys

Stage/Sex Morphological Keys
Female
  • Palpal segment 3 with ventral retroverted spur prominent, sharp, extending approximately 1/3 distance to the basal margin of palpal segment 2
  • Dorsobasal margin of palpal segment 3 with small median spur
  • Coxae II to IV with small blunt spurs
  • 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
  • Salience broad, the ventrobasal-external margin of palpal segment 2 rounded
  • Palpal segment 2 with salience reduced, extending little beyond lateral
  • Margin of basis Palpal segment 3 with ventral retroverted spur slightly longer than its basal breadth
  • Ventrobasal margin of palpal segment 2 meeting internal margin at an acute angle
  • Coxa I with spur subtriangular, length about equals breadth at base
  • Dorsobasal margin of palpal segment 3 with a small median spur.
  • 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
  • Salience present
  • Coxa I with reduced, broad, rounded spur
  • Coxae II to IV with broad ridge-like projections only
  • Ventral spur of palpal segment 3 almost twice as long as its basal breadth, peg-like, blunt
  • Spur of coxa I less prominent, length equal to or less than ventral spur of palpal segment 3.
  • 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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