Haemaphysalis danieli Černý and Hoogstraal, 1977

Ali, Abid, Almutairi, Mashal M., Robbins, Richard G., Chitimia-Dobler, Lidia & Ullah, Shafi, 2025, Updated checklist, morphological descriptions, hosts and vector potential of ticks (Acari: Argasidae, Ixodidae) in Pakistan, Zootaxa 5725 (2), pp. 151-202 : 172

Haemaphysalis danieli Černý and Hoogstraal, 1977

Distribution

This species has been reported from KP and Gilgit Baltistan ( Černý & Hoogstraal 1977; Ahmad et al. 2022; Ali et al. 2023c; Khan M et al. 2023).

Morphological characters

Male ( Fig. 19 , A–D): Body oval, approximately 3.32± 0.2 mm long and 2.00± 0.1 mm wide, dark red to reddish brown; conscutum pyriform, twice as long as wide, widest at level of spiracular plates; small and medium-sized shallow punctations densely and unevenly distributed over conscutum; cervical grooves deep, comma-shaped, linear anteriorly and converging posteriorly, eleven clearly defined festoons, lateral grooves long, extending from level of coxae II and enclosing first two festoons; capitulum short and stout, basis capituli rectangular, longer than wide, with short, thick, blunt cornua, posterior margins straight, palpi short, segment 1 narrow, segment 2 narrow posteriorly, becoming broader and forming elevated angles, segment 3 half length of segment 2, hypostome slightly shorter than palpi, with several rows of minute denticles, dental formula 5/5; legs short and robust, spurs of all coxae similar in size and shape, sharply pointed apically and curving outward, tarsi distinctly humped, claws well developed; genital structure broadly circular, situated between coxae II, genital grooves subparallel anteriorly and gradually diverging posteriorly, spiracular plates elongate oval with narrow dorsal prolongation.

Female ( Fig. 19 , E–H): Body approximately 3.37± 0.2 mm long and 2.20± 0.1 mm wide; scutum pyriform, longer than wide; cervical grooves deep, extending to scutal midlength, diverging anteriorly and subparallel posteriorly; scutal punctations medium-sized, deep, and unevenly distributed; capitulum long, basis capituli subrectangular, about three times wider than long, cornua absent, palpi slightly longer than hypostome, segment 1 short, segment 2 twice length of segment 3, hypostome long, slightly shorter than palpi, hypostome with 9–10 rows of small denticles, dental formula 5/5; legs long and stout compared to male, coxae I–IV with large, subequal, broad and bluntly rounded spurs, spurs on coxae II and III more concave than those on coxae I and IV, trochanters without ventral spurs but broadly triangular, tarsi stout and short, claws large; genital aperture situated between coxae II and III, with U-shaped posterior lip; spiracular plates elongate oval, with large and broadly triangular dorsal prolongation.

Figures

FIGURE 19. Haemaphysalis danieli A: male dorsum (I: lateral groove, II: festoons); B: male venter (I: spur of coxa II, II: spur of coxa IV); C: male dorsum (I: cervical field, II: conscutum punctations); D: male venter (I: capitulum, II: spur coxa I, III: genital aperture, IV: spiracular plate); E: female dorsum (I: cervical field, II: scutum); F: female venter (I: genital aperture, II: spur of coxa III, III: spur of coxa IV); G: female dorsum (I: cornua, II: scutal punctations); H: female venter (I: capitulum).