Haemaphysalis cuspidata

Unique identifier: 16
Haemaphysalis cuspidata
© ICMR-Vector Control Research Center

Morphological Keys

Stage/Sex Morphological Keys
Female
  • Salience not broad
  • Ventrally, palpal segment 2 less than twice the length of segment 3
  • Spurs of coxa I and trochanter I not spatulate
  • Palpal segment 3 with dorsal and ventral retroverted spurs elongate, the ventral spur reaching to or beyond the basal 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.
Male
  • Salience not broad, Cornua very well developed, as long as dorsal basis
  • Spurs of coxa I and trochanter I pointed
  • Ventrally, palpal segment 2 subequal to length of segment.
  • 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 less well developed
  • Ventral retroverted spur of palpal segment 8 extending more than ¾ distance to the basal margin of palpal segment 2
  • Strong dorsal cornua, 1/2 or more length of basis Coxal spur I strong, coxae II to IV with ridge-like projections
  • Cornua greatly elongate, approximately twice as long as their basal breadth.
  • 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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