The female possesses a widely triangular operculum that is rounded posteriorly and slightly bulging in profile
The scutum is slightly longer than it is wide and shares the male's dark glossy brown coloration and punctation pattern (a few large, scattered punctations)
Additionally, the female scutum features deep, smoothly rounded cervical grooves that extend all the way down to break the posterior margin.
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 male features a dark glossy brown scutum that is quite straight posteriorly, possessing a few large, scattered punctations
Its lateral grooves are long, distinct, and deep posteriorly, while pronounced posteromedian and paramedian grooves extend distinctively to the festoons, and smoothly rounded cervical grooves reach the anterior third of the scutal length
The scutum also has additional depressions (one medially and one on each side) that tend to link the cervical and paramedian grooves
Ventrally, the large adanal shields lack median projections posterior to the anus on their inner margins, and small subanal shields are located on the midaxis of the adanals
The integument surrounding the spiracular plates is somewhat pilose, the plates themselves have a moderately thick tail, and the legs display irregular, contrasting white rings near the joints.
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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