Ventrolateral spur on palpal segment II is low or obsolete
Infrainternal setae number five or more
Coxa I spur is moderate to long in length and decreases in size from coxa II onward
No ventrolateral spur on palpal segment II
Infrainternal setae are eight in number and are long
Porose areas are oval and big
Punctations are irregularly scattered
Coxa I spur is long but blunt, while others are broadly triangular or ridge-like
Trochanters ventrally have no or obsolete 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
All coxae have long spurs
Ventrolateral spur on palpal segment II is low or obsolete
Infrainternal setae number five
Ventrobasal spur on palpal segment III reaches to half of palpal segment II, presence of two long spurs on coxa IV
Deep and long lateral grooves are extending up to coxa II
Punctations are irregularly scattered
Both the spurs on coxa IV are posteroexternally directed, closely spaced, and approximately equal in size
Trochanters ventrally have no 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.
Nymph
Basis capitulum is dorsally approximately 2 times as broad as long
Cornua are triangular, approximately one-third as long as the base of basis capitulum
Palpi are broadly salient
Hypostome is slightly longer than palpi
Dental formula is 2/2, with seven or eight denticles in a file.
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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