The unfed body measures 3.2 x 2.1 mm with brown, unornamented legs that have longer, more slender segments and a more strongly humped Tarsus IV compared to the male
The sub-cordiform scutum (1.6–1.9 x 1.5–1.6 mm) is Sanford's-brown (nearly black near the eyes), smooth posteriorly but heavily punctate anteriorly, with ill-defined lateral grooves and wide, deep cervical grooves reaching the posterior margin
The venter features a longitudinally oval, bulging operculum with a distinctive posterior rounded cup, and sub-triangular spiracles with a narrow-tailed, comma-shaped porous area
The capitulum (1.1 mm) is broader and stronger than the male's, lacking cornua, featuring short oval porose areas separated by a raised keel, a hypostome with 3/3 rows of ~12 strong teeth, and an external cheliceral article with three cusps.
Sharif, M. “A Revision of the Indian Ixodidae with Special Reference to the Collection in the Indian Museum.” Records of the Zoological Survey of India, September 30, 1928, 217–344. https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v30/i3/1928/162556.
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 body is elongate-oval (2.5 - 3.8 x 1.5 - 2.1 mm), broadest anterior to the spiracles, with lateral projections in larger specimens
The scutum is pale yellow to sayal-brown (darker near the pale yellow, spherical eyes) with punctations ranging from fine and numerous to large and shallow, featuring deep-to-shallow diverging cervical grooves, shallow posteromedian grooves, and superficial or absent lateral grooves
The yellowish-white venter lacks subanal shields but has large, broadly rectangular, almost contiguous adanal shields, 11 distinct festoons, and unique, comma-shaped spiracles with a broad tail
Legs are yellowish-brown, unornamented, with short tarsi and a humped Tarsus IV
The capitulum (0.78–0.86 mm) is narrow dorsally with anterior lateral ventral projections, and the external cheliceral article has two well-separated cusps.
Sharif, M. “A Revision of the Indian Ixodidae with Special Reference to the Collection in the Indian Museum.” Records of the Zoological Survey of India, September 30, 1928, 217–344. https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v30/i3/1928/162556.
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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