Hyalomma detritum

Unique identifier: 45
Hyalomma detritum
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Morphological Keys

Stage/Sex Morphological Keys
Female
  • The smooth, shiny, shield-shaped scutum is longer than it is wide and has little to no punctations
  • Ventrally, the genital operculum features a gradually depressed profile and is equilaterally triangular with slightly convex margins and a rounded or truncate posterior juncture.
  • Kaiser, M. N., and H. Hoogstraal. “The Hyalomma Ticks (Ixodoidea, Ixodidae) of Pakistan, India and Ceylon, with Keys to Subgenera and Species.” Acarologia 6, no. 2 (1964): 257–86. https://doi.org/.
Male
  • The bright, glossy, reddish to dark brown, arched scutum features rare, superficial punctations, pronounced but variable paramedian grooves, a narrow, long posteromedian groove (extending from the parma to the scutal mid-length), and cleanly cut lateral grooves that reach the level of the eyes
  • Ventrally, the subanal shields lie directly posterior to the adanal shields
  • The reddish or yellowish-brown legs may possess pale, poorly contrasting rings.
  • Kaiser, M. N., and H. Hoogstraal. “The Hyalomma Ticks (Ixodoidea, Ixodidae) of Pakistan, India and Ceylon, with Keys to Subgenera and Species.” Acarologia 6, no. 2 (1964): 257–86. https://doi.org/.
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