Haemaphysalis species

Unique identifier: 36
Haemaphysalis species

Morphological Keys

Stage/Sex Morphological Keys
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  • Anal grooves surround the anus posteriorly
  • Usually of small size
  • Scutum inornate and without eyes, and in the female without lateral grooves
  • Capitulum with base sub-rectangular, and with palps normally short and conical, broadest near the posterior end of article 2, (in some species projects laterally beyond the base)
  • The second and third palpal segments taper anteriorly so that the capitulum anterior to the basis capitulum appears to be triangular
  • There are no eyes in either sex
  • Festoons are present
  • They are generally three-host ticks.
  • 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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