Haemaphysalis spinigera

Unique identifier: 37
Haemaphysalis spinigera
© ICMR-Vector Control Research Center

Morphological Keys

Stage/Sex Morphological Keys
Female
  • Broad Salience
  • Dorsobasal margin of palpal segment 3 with median retroverted spur
  • Palpal segment 2 with ventrobasal external margin forming a sharp spur.
  • 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
  • Broad Salience
  • Coxa IV with greatly elongated sharp spur(s), much-exceeding length of other coxal 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.
Nymph
  • Broad Salience
  • Ventral basis without cornua
  • Ventral spur of palpal segment 3 larger, reaching about 1/4 distance to 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.
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