Argas hermanni Audouin, 1826

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

Argas hermanni Audouin, 1826

Distribution

Argas hermanni is here reported from Pakistan for the first time, our specimens having been collected in Buner District ( Fig. 3 ).

Morphological characters

Nymph ( Fig. 4 , A–F): Body length and width approximately 3.72± 0.2 mm and 2.15± 0.1 mm, respectively; posterior body margin broadly rounded, lateral margins converging slightly; mammillae absent; dorsal and ventral integument consisting of ridges or wrinkled rows radiating unevenly from center of body to periphery; legs arising from anterior two-fifths of body; coxae IV situated anterior to midlength of body; basis capituli large, lacking ventral setae; posthypostomal setae short, not reaching midlength of palpal segment 2; hypostome with bluntly rounded apex, dental formula 2/2, consisting of short and broad denticles arranged in three to five rows; palpal segments 1, 2 and 4 nearly equal in length, but segment 3 about half as long, each palpal segment with a single small seta; genital aperture absent, although closed depression present in genital aperture region.

Figures

FIGURE 3. Distribution of Argas spp. in Pakistan.

FIGURE 4. Argas hermanni nymph A: dorsum (I: anterior peripheral integument); B: dorsum (I: central disc); C: venter (I: capitulum, II: coxa II); D: venter (I: coxa IV); E: dorsum (I: posterior peripheral integument); F: venter (I: posterior peripheral integument).