Rhipicephalus haemaphysaloides Supino, 1897

Distribution

This species has been reported in Sindh, Balochistan (McCarthy 1967; Kamran et al. 2021), Punjab (Hussain et al. 2023; Abbas et al. 2025), KP (Ali et al. 2019, 2021, 2022a, b, c; Khan Z et al. 2022; Alam et al. 2022; Tila et al. 2023; Shehla et al. 2023; Khan M et al. 2023), and Gilgit Baltistan, Azad Jammu and Kashmir (Karim et al. 2017).

Morphological characters

Male (Fig. 38, A–D): A medium-sized tick, approximately 3.23± 0.2 mm long and 1.68± 0.1 mm wide, reddish brown or dark red in colour; conscutum narrow anteriorly, posteriorly broadly rounded, lateral grooves punctate, deep, almost reaching eyes, and posteriorly enclosing first two festoons; posteromedian groove broad, long and deep, anteriorly reaching bulbous depression; paramedian grooves short, shallow and comma-shaped; cervical grooves short and deep, converging posteriorly; conscutum smooth, with medium-sized, shallow punctations that are scattered and sparse; eyes marginal and flattened; capitulum slightly longer than wide, basis capituli hexagonal, posterior margin deeply concave and arcuate, cornua pointed, lateral margins of basis capituli highly projected; palpi stout, nearly equal in size to hypostome; hypostome clavate, dental formula 3/3; legs medium-sized, same colour as body, striations absent; coxa I with two subequal spurs, internal spur subtriangular, longer than external spur, coxae II–IV external spurs distinct and slightly arcuate, internal spurs very short and broadly subtriangular; adanal plates sickle-shaped and posteriorly pointed, accessory plates very weak, adjacent to adanal plates; genital aperture subcircular, located between coxae II; spiracular plates distinctly comma-shaped, dorsal prolongation broad.

Female (Fig. 38, E–H): Body approximately 2.78± 0.2 mm long and 1.57± 0.1 mm wide, reddish brown to dark red in colour; scutum nearly as wide as long, with sinuous posterior margin; cervical grooves short, converging posteriorly; laterally, scutum with a few large, irregular punctations, central region impunctate; capitulum broader than long, lateral margins of basis capituli curved, posterior margin nearly straight, cornua less sharply pointed; palpi and hypostome same as in male, dental formula 3/3; genital aperture situated between coxae II, posterior lip of genital aperture narrowly U-shaped; spiracular plates comma-shaped, dorsal prolongation broad.