Argas persicus (Oken, 1818)

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 : 160-161

Argas persicus (Oken, 1818)

Distribution

Argas persicus has been reported from Sindh, Punjab ( Yasin & Abdussalam 1958; Hoogstraal & McCarthy 1965b; Buriro & Akbar 1978; Ghosh et al. 2007; Qamar et al. 2009; Karim et al. 2017), and KP ( Ali et al. 2019, 2023c; Zahid et al. 2021; Tsai et al. 2024).

Morphological characters

Female ( Fig. 5 , A–C): Body approximately 4.7± 0.2 mm long and 3.14± 0.1 mm wide; suture marked by rectangular peripheral cells; one pair of setae at base of hypostome; males with anterior lip of genital aperture more heavily chitinized than posterior lip, suggesting a human thumbnail, whereas in females the two lips are equally but lightly chitinized, resembling a pair of human lips.

Figures

FIGURE 5. Argas persicus female A: dorsum (I: peripheral integument, II: large disc); B: venter (I: capitulum); C: venter (I: genital aperture).