Haemaphysalis indica Warburton, 1910

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 : 173

Haemaphysalis indica Warburton, 1910

Distribution

This species has been reported from KP ( Ali et al. 2019, 2023a), Lahore and Hyderabad ( McCarthy 1967; Hoogstraal 1970).

Morphological characters

Male ( Fig. 20 , A–C, F): Body small, approximately 1.65± 0.1 mm long and 0.91± 0.08 mm wide, reddish yellow; conscutum about 1.6 times as long as wide, margins broadly rounded, with deep and distinct lateral grooves extending from anterior one fourth of scutum and enclosing first festoon, cervical grooves short, deep and convergent anteriorly, punctations sparse and irregularly distributed, of varying size and depth, eleven festoons; capitulum short, basis capituli twice as wide as long, cornua short and broadly triangular; palpi conspicuously broad, their combined width 1.6 times that of basis capituli, segment 1 obsolete dorsally, segment 2 twice as wide as long with posterodorsal margin deeply concave, segment 3 broadly triangular and 0.8 as long as segment 2, hypostome as long as palpi, denticles small, dental formula 4/4; legs short and robust, spurs of each coxa broadly triangular, spur of coxa I twice the size of those on coxae II–IV, trochanters without spurs, tarsi stout and short, with dorsal humps, claws small; genital aperture cordiform, situated just anterior to coxae II; spiracular plates subquadrate, 1.6 times longer than broad, dorsal prolongation narrow.

Female ( Fig. 20 , D, E): Diagnostic characters similar to male, body reddish to reddish yellow, small, approximately 1.66± 0.1 mm long and 0.96± 0.09 mm wide; scutum ovate, 1.2 times as long as wide, widest at midlength, with few shallow and irregularly distributed punctations, variable in size; cervical grooves deep and subparallel, reaching almost to scutal midlength; capitulum, basis capituli, palpi and hypostome as in male, dental formula 4/4; legs are more stout and longer than in male, coxal spurs comparatively shorter than male, tarsi and claws same as in male; genital aperture subquadrate, situated between coxae II, posterior lip of genital aperture Ushaped; spiracular plates oval with reduced dorsal prolongation.

Figures

FIGURE 20. Haemaphysalis indica A: male dorsum (I: capitulum, II: festoon); B: male venter (I: capitulum, II: spur of coxa I); C: male dorsum (I: cornua, II: cervical field); D: female dorsum (I: scutum); E: female venter (I: capitulum); F: male venter (I: genital aperture, II: spur of coxa II).