Overall body length is approximately 2.8 mm, breadth 1.9 mm
Basis capitulum is approximately 2 times as broad as long, margins as in male
Cornua are broadly triangular, one-third as long as the base of basis capitulum
Porose areas are comparatively small, tilted, widely spaced, and ovate
Palpi are as in male, longer than in male, reaching almost to the level of palpal apices
Dental formula is 4/4, with eight (internal) to ten (external) denticles in a file
Scutum is approximately 1.35 times as broad as long
Cervical grooves are shallow and faint
Cervical pits are narrow, linear, and sub-parallel
Punctations are small, shallow, and obscure
Widely distributed in external fields, rare or obsolete in median field
Genital operculum is broadly U-shaped with external margins diverging anteriorly
Legs are same as in males except coxa with spurs of II and I slightly shorter.
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
Overall body length is approximately 2.35 mm, breadth 1.5 mm
Basis capitulum is dorsally approximately 1.6 times as broad as long
Palpi are moderately salient
Hypostome is short, broad, reaching to or almost anterior margin of pit of palpal segment IV, approximately 2 times as long as broad posteriorly
Dental formula is 5/5, with five (internal) to nine (external) denticles in a file
Scutum is approximately 1.3 times as long as broad, margins broadly rounded
Surface is convex and shiny
Cervical grooves are obsolete or faint
Cervical pits are small, deep, and converging
Lateral grooves are obsolete
Punctations are rare, small, superficial, and widely scattered
Festoons number 11
Spiracular plates are transversely oval, and dorsal projection is continuous with plate
Coxa are each with a prominent spur
I is with spur lanceolate, approximately 2 times as long as other spurs
II to IV are each with a broadly triangular spur extending well beyond coxal margin, length sub-equal.
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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