Amblyomma integrum

Unique identifier: 2
Amblyomma integrum
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Morphological Keys

Stage/Sex Morphological Keys
Female
  • Coxa I with two short spurs and coxae II-III each with a single spur
  • Scutum ornate
  • Hypostome 3/3
  • Coxa I with two unequal 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
  • Coxa I with two strongly unequal spurs
  • Scutum pale with considerable dark brown ornamentation
  • Falciform stripe present
  • Punctation coarse and sub-equal
  • Hypostome 3/3.
  • 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.
Nymph
  • Coxa I has two well-separated unequal spurs and the other coxae have each a single spur in the middle of their length
  • The antero-Iateral sides are convex and are almost equal in length to the postero Iateral sides, which are straight and meet each other posteriorly in a broadly truncated angle.
  • 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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