The scutum (2.2 x 1.8 mm) is much longer than broad with very slight emargination, featuring well-marked lateral folds on the anterior half, fine punctations restricted to the lateral folds and the area between them and the cervical grooves (which are far apart at origin before becoming faint and divergent), and a very glossy posterior region almost devoid of punctations
Ventrally, the vulva is located between coxae IV, the slightly divergent genital grooves do not extend beyond the anus, the anal groove is horseshoe-shaped before becoming shallow and divergent, and the nearly circular spiracles are very large (larger than coxa IV)
The long capitulum possesses a triangular basis lacking cornua or auriculae with a transversely divided ventral surface, large, subrectangular porose areas with a narrow interval, fairly stout palps, and a lanceolate hypostome featuring a 2/2 dentition of ~12 teeth per file (with the outer teeth being stronger)
The legs feature a coxa I deeply cleft into two equal flat teeth (an unusual feature for Ixodes that recalls Rhipicephalus), an external tooth on coxae II–IV that progressively diminishes in size, and long, tapering tarsi (especially tarsus I) with pads nearly as long as the rather weak claws.
Warburton, Cecil. “On Five New Species of Ticks (Arachnida Ixodoidea): Ixodes Petauristae, I. Ampullaceus, Dermacentob Imitans, Amblyomma Laticaudae and Aponomma Draconis , with Notes on Three Previously Described Species, Ornithodorus Franchinii Tonelli-Rondelli, Haemaphysalis Cooleyi Bedford and Rhipicephalus Maculatus Neumann.” Parasitology 24, no. 4 (1933): 558–68. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182000020953.
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