The chestnut-brown scutum exhibits diffused whitish ornamentation (more developed than in the male), strongly unequal punctations, and narrow, deep cervical grooves that converge before diverging and failing to reach the posterior margin
Discontinuous marginal grooves enclose only the two extreme festoons
Ventrally, the sub-triangular spiracle is as long as it is broad
The coxal armature matches the male's, but tarsus IV features a slightly stronger distal ventral spur preceded by a smaller one
The 0.85 mm capitulum has long, oval porose areas separated by half their diameter, an obsolete lateral salience on palpal article III, a hypostome with a 3/3 dentition of ~9 teeth per row, and an external cheliceral article with three cusps and a crescent-shaped dorsal process.
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.
Male
The body features a Kaiser-brown to chestnut-brown scutum covered with a whitish ornamental secretion, markedly unequal punctations, flat eyes, a typically well-defined pseudo-scutum, and 11 festoons with separating grooves
The cervical grooves are short, oval, deep, and convergent anteriorly, while narrow lateral grooves are highlighted by an adjacent row of punctations
Ventrally, it possesses a light brown or yellowish-white venter, a trilobed sub-anal shield (with a fourth lobe serving as a strongly chitinised accessory shield), 11 prominent scutes, and a comma-shaped spiracle
The ornamented legs feature two well-separated, unequal spurs on coxa I (the external being twice as long as the internal), two short, sub-equal spurs on coxae II–IV (strongest on IV), and a tapering tarsus IV with two strong ventral spurs
The 0.71–0.75 mm capitulum has a rectangular base, ornamented palps with a lobed antero-internal angle on article I, a dorsal retroverted prominence and sabre-shaped hairs on article II, a strong external process and ventral retroverted spur on article III, and a hypostome with a 3/3 dentition of 7 teeth per row.
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.
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