The unfed female measures 4.5 x 4 mm, featuring a scutum ranging from 2.4 - 3.5 mm in length by 2.9 - 4.25 mm in breadth
The capitulum (2 - 2.5 mm long) is comparatively stronger with a broader base than the male's, and it features large, sub-circular porose areas separated by a distance less than their own diameter
The palps are five times as long as broad, and the external cheliceral article bears three cusps alongside 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 ranges from 4.5 - 6 mm in length and 4 - 5 mm in width, featuring a conspicuously small Haller's organ, pads attaining one-third the length of the claws, and a sub-triangular spiracle with a broad, truncated postero-dorsal extension
The capitulum (1.85 - 2.25 mm long) has a rectangular base about twice as broad as long with externally convex lateral sides, no definite ventral ridge, and obsolete cornua
The palps are four times as long as broad
Article I has a fused sub-triangular ventral plate with two simple hairs, article II bears about five simple hairs on both the infra- and supra-internal margins, and article III features an anterior ventral depression for the tiny fourth article
The hypostome has 4/4 rows of ~8 strong teeth on the distal third, followed by numerous (~10/10) rows of squamiform teeth posteriorly, while the external cheliceral article possesses a single lateral cusp, an anterior conical point, 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.
Nymph
The nymph features a brown, sub-cordiform scutum (0.8 x 1.1 mm) that is broadest in the anterior half, with sparsely scattered punctations (larger laterally) and cervical grooves that are deep and convergent anteriorly but shallow and broad posteriorly
The sub-triangular spiracle has more rounded angles than the female's
The legs feature two well-separated spurs on coxa I (the external being longer), a short sub-triangular middle spur on the other coxae, a gradually tapering tarsus IV without a ventral spur, and pads attaining half the claw length
The 0.53 mm long capitulum has a rectangular base with convex lateral sides and no cornua, while the palps possess a comparatively longer third article, one simple infra-internal hair on article I, and two short supra-internal and two long infra-internal hairs on article II
The hypostome is armed with 2/2 rows of ~6 strong teeth followed by ~8 scale-like teeth.
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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