Rhipicephalus annulatus

Unique identifier: 61
Rhipicephalus annulatus
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Morphological Keys

Stage/Sex Morphological Keys
Female
  • Coxa I with very short outer and inner spines, scales wide, not separated by a narrow notch
  • Coxae II-III without an external spur, the postero-external angle marked at most by a bordering ridge
  • 4/4 dentition hypostoma.
  • 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
  • Caudal appendix absent
  • Coxae II-III without external spine
  • Scaly (at the most one postero-external ridge)
  • Coxa I with short external and internal spines
  • Adanal plate to more or less acute postero-internal
  • 4/4 dentition in hypostome.
  • 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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