The light brown scutum is slightly longer than wide and smooth posteriorly.
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
The basis capituli is broader than long and has anterior lateral projections, adanal shields are broad and contiguous, and sub-anal shields are absent
The deep, distinct lateral grooves, which reach the level of the eyes, are dotted with heavy usually contiguous punctuations
Female: Operculum is elongate oval in outline
In profile, it is gradually slanted posteriorly
The light brown scutum is slightly longer than wide and smooth posteriorly.
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 elongate, widest at the level between coxae III and IV
Basis capituli dorsally sub-triangular
Coxa I deeply divided into 2 sub-equal spurs, coxae II to IV each with a small triangular spur, progressively decreasing in size.
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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