Ornithodoros pakistanensis Ali, Chitimia–Dobler, Muñoz-Leal and Mans

Distribution

This tick has been reported from Shangla, Dir Upper, Dir Lower, Orakzai, and Bajaur districts (Ali et al. 2022b, 2024c).

Morphological characters

Nymph (Fig. 9, A–D): Body suboval, approximately 5.21± 0.2 mm long and 2.80± 0.1 mm wide, lateral margins parallel along most of body length, curving posteriorly and tapering anteriorly to rounded apex with slightly concave anterolateral margins; dorsum covered with dense and irregularly shaped mammillae, marginal mammillae bearing short setae; dorsal discs faintly visible, pebbled, with thick marginal ridges; capitulum beneath hood, cheeks small, basis capituli rectangular and wrinkled, with one pair of posthypostomal and postpalpal setae; palpi elongate with dense setae, palpal segment 1 robust; hypostome equal in length to palpal segment 2, dental formula 2/2; dorsoventral grooves present; eyes absent; postanal groove perpendicularly intersected by transverse postanal groove; legs lacking micromammillae, coxae I and II separated, coxae II–IV contiguous, size decreasing from coxae I to IV; tarsi long, tarsus I with five equally prominent dorsal humps, tarsus II with four humps, tarsi III and IV lacking dorsal humps but possessing apical protuberances, tarsus IV with 4–6 pairs of ventral setae.