Haemaphysalis wellingtoni

Unique identifier: 40
Haemaphysalis wellingtoni
© ICMR-Vector Control Research Center

Morphological Keys

Stage/Sex Morphological Keys
Female
  • Profile of capitulum broadly deltoid
  • Palpal segment 2 with the juncture of ventrobasal and external margin a rounded angle
  • Palpal segment 3 with a sharp, dorsobasal-internal retroverted spur extending about 1/2 length 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.
Male
  • Salience broad, rounded, breadth of palpal segment 2 greater than the length of ventral basis
  • Breadth of palpal segment 2 subequal to its length
  • Palpal segment 3 with dorsointernal retroverted spur extending about 1/2 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.
Nymph
  • Coxae III and IV with distinct sharp spurs
  • Ventral trochantal spurs absent or obscure
  • Four feathery, closely-set infrainternal setaeIn ventral aspect, external profile of palps without distinct recurvature
  • Dorsobasal margin of palpal segment 3 reaching internal margin of palpal segment 2 only.
  • 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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