Hyalomma anatolicum

Unique identifier: 42
Hyalomma anatolicum
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Morphological Keys

Stage/Sex Morphological Keys
Female
  • Bulging, small, knob-like genital operculum which is usually circular in outline
  • Scutum is usually longer than wide with a narrowly rounded posterior margin, with a few large punctuations in the central field and scapular areas, and a variable number of very fine, superficial punctuations over much of the surface.
  • 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
  • Body small, somewhat elongated, yellowish-brown, with a convex, lightly punctuated scutum with short but distinct lateral grooves
  • A pronounced postero-median groove not reaching the parma
  • And small subanal shields directly posterior to the adanal shields.
  • 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
  • Body elongated, widest at the level of coxa IV
  • Basis capituli dorsally triangular in outline
  • Posterior margin slightly convex
  • Ventrally posterior margin bow-shaped
  • Coxa I with 2 narrow spurs almost equal in length
  • Coxae II and III each with a small triangular spur
  • Coxa IV with much reduced 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.
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