The mean body length is 2.79 - 3.56 mm and breadth is 1.69 - 2.23 mm, with long, narrow legs featuring sub-equal coxal spurs
The smooth, glossy, flat scutum shares the male's small, deep, sub-anterior cervical pits, obsolete cervical grooves, narrow lateral grooves extending to coxa III enclosing the first festoon, bulging lateral surface, 11 festoons, and shallow, small-to-medium punctations concentrated chiefly posteriorly and anterolaterally
The capitulum features a basis dorsally 2.5 - 2.8 times as broad as long with straight external margins, short, broadly triangular cornua (1/4 to 1/3 the base length), and small to moderately large oval or sub-oval porose areas
The compact palpi have 3 - 4 dorsointernal and ventrointernal setae each, and the posteriorly narrow hypostome (shorter than the palpi) has a 5/5 dental formula with 6 - 9 denticles per file.
Geevarghese, G., and A. C. Mishra. “Introduction.” In Haemaphysalis Ticks of India. Elsevier, 2011. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-387811-3.00001-2.
Larva
The mean length is approximately 0.8 mm and breadth is 0.5 mm
The scutum is about 13 times as broad as long, featuring few, inconspicuous punctations and genital grooves shaped as arcs reaching to the scutal mid-length
The capitulum features a basis dorsally ~2 times as broad as long with straight external margins and broadly triangular cornua (~1/5 the base length), alongside broadly posteriorly salient palpi (combined breadth ~1.45 times the basis breadth) and a hypostome slightly longer than the palpi with a 2/2 dental formula of 5–7 denticles per file.
Geevarghese, G., and A. C. Mishra. “Introduction.” In Haemaphysalis Ticks of India. Elsevier, 2011. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-387811-3.00001-2.
Male
The overall body measures 2.33–3.08 mm in length and 1.49 - 2.00 mm in width, featuring long, narrow legs with sub-equal coxal spurs and ovate spiracular plates (1.5 - 1.8 times as long as broad)
The smooth, glossy, flat scutum (1.26–1.31 times as long as broad) possesses 11 festoons, small, deep, sub-circular, sub-anterior cervical pits with obsolete cervical grooves, narrow distinct lateral grooves extending to coxa III to enclose the first festoon, a bulging surface lateral to the grooves, and shallow, small-to-medium punctations concentrated posteriorly and anterolaterally
The capitulum features a basis dorsally ~1.9 times as broad as long with straight external margins and broadly triangular, bluntly pointed cornua (~1/4 the base length)
The compact palpi have 5 dorsal and 3–4 ventral setae, and the posteriorly narrow hypostome (shorter than the palpi) features 5 - 6 dense rows of small hooklets and a 5/5 dental formula of 6 - 9 denticles per file.
Geevarghese, G., and A. C. Mishra. “Introduction.” In Haemaphysalis Ticks of India. Elsevier, 2011. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-387811-3.00001-2.
Nymph
The overall body measures 1.21 -1.54 mm in length and 0.71 - 0.82 mm in width, with moderately long, narrow legs and sub-circular spiracular plates
The scutum is 1.1 -1.2 times as broad as long, featuring few, inconspicuous punctations and cervical grooves that converge from sub-anterior pits before diverging posteriorly beyond the scutal mid-length
The capitulum features a basis dorsally ~1.6 - 1.8 times as broad as long with straight external margins and elongately triangular, sharply pointed cornua (~2/3 the base length), along with broadly posteriorly salient palpi (combined breadth 1.5 times the basis breadth) and a hypostome (as long as or longer than the palpi) with a 2/2 dental formula of 7 - 8 denticles per file.
Geevarghese, G., and A. C. Mishra. “Introduction.” In Haemaphysalis Ticks of India. Elsevier, 2011. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-387811-3.00001-2.
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