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Stage/Sex	Morphological Keys
Female	The basis capituli is equipped with well-defined cornua and round porous areas Like the male, coxa I features a single short, blunt internal spur Coxa II lacks an external spur and has a convex posterior margin featuring a membranous elevation similar to that of the male. Yamaguti, Noboru, Vernon Tipton, Hugh Keegan, and Seiichi Toshioka. “Ticks of Japan, Korea, and the Ryukyu Islands.” Brigham Young University Science Bulletin, Biological Series 15, no. 1 (1971). https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/byuscib/vol15/iss1/1.
Male	The dorsal aspect resembles I. nipponensis and I. persulcatus Ventrally, it is distinguished by coxae II and III lacking spurs Instead, their posterior halves are covered with milky white, membranous, eavelike elevations, resulting in smoothly convex posterior margins Coxa I possesses a single short, blunt internal spur The spiracular plate is elongate, with a length-to-width ratio greater than 2.0 (approximately 2.3) The hypostome dentition is restricted to the apical half, terminating posteriorly at the same level as the suture between palpal articles II and III. Yamaguti, Noboru, Vernon Tipton, Hugh Keegan, and Seiichi Toshioka. “Ticks of Japan, Korea, and the Ryukyu Islands.” Brigham Young University Science Bulletin, Biological Series 15, no. 1 (1971). https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/byuscib/vol15/iss1/1.

Stage/Sex

Morphological Keys

Female

The basis capituli is equipped with well-defined cornua and round porous areas
Like the male, coxa I features a single short, blunt internal spur
Coxa II lacks an external spur and has a convex posterior margin featuring a membranous elevation similar to that of the male.

Yamaguti, Noboru, Vernon Tipton, Hugh Keegan, and Seiichi Toshioka. “Ticks of Japan, Korea, and the Ryukyu Islands.” Brigham Young University Science Bulletin, Biological Series 15, no. 1 (1971). https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/byuscib/vol15/iss1/1.

Male

The dorsal aspect resembles I. nipponensis and I. persulcatus
Ventrally, it is distinguished by coxae II and III lacking spurs
Instead, their posterior halves are covered with milky white, membranous, eavelike elevations, resulting in smoothly convex posterior margins
Coxa I possesses a single short, blunt internal spur
The spiracular plate is elongate, with a length-to-width ratio greater than 2.0 (approximately 2.3)
The hypostome dentition is restricted to the apical half, terminating posteriorly at the same level as the suture between palpal articles II and III.

Yamaguti, Noboru, Vernon Tipton, Hugh Keegan, and Seiichi Toshioka. “Ticks of Japan, Korea, and the Ryukyu Islands.” Brigham Young University Science Bulletin, Biological Series 15, no. 1 (1971). https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/byuscib/vol15/iss1/1.

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