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Punctations are numerous but shallow with irregular size and distribution. Genital
aperture is situated between coxa III.
Legs: Legs are long and robust. Each coxa bears a moderate spur, while trochan-
ters I to III show small spurs or ridges.
Nymph (
Figures 2.2 and 2.3
)
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Total body length is approximately 1.46 mm, breadth 1.07 mm.
Capitulum
:
Basis capitulum is dorsally approximately 4 times as broad as long;
cornua are obsolete. Palpi are clavate and approximately 2.1 times as long as broad.
Hypostome is almost as long as palpi.
Scutum
:
Scutum is approximately 1.4 times as broad as long. Cervical grooves
are as deep arcs. Only few punctations are seen. Festoons number 11. Legs are
robust and short.
Legs
:
Coxa are each with a small triangular spur reaching to (I, II) or beyond
(III, IV) posterior margin.
Larva (
Figures 2.2 and 2.3
)
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Total body length is approximately 0.82 mm, breadth 0.64 mm.
Capitulum
:
Basis capitulum is dorsally approximately 3 times as broad as long;
cornua are obsolete. Palpi are clavate, approximately 1.5 times as long as broad.
Hypostome is approximately 2 times as long as broad; dental formula is 2/2, with
five or six denticles in a file.
Scutum
:
Scutum is approximately 1.5 times as broad as long. Cervical grooves
are as deep arcs. Punctations are few.
Legs
:
Legs are robust and short. Coxa bear short spur.
Hosts
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Immature stages: Lizards, shrews, rodents, birds, and from vegetation in Nepal.
Adults: Cattle, goat antelope, horse, man (biting), serow, flying squirrel, wild
cat, black bear, barking deer, dog, zhum, yak, goat, sheep, wild boar.
Distribution
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India (Himalayan region, Arunachal Pradesh, West Bengal, Sikkim), Nepal, Japan,
Taiwan, Iran.
Related Species
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H. aponommoides and phylogenetically primitive H. inermis are closely related
species. These two species differ between themselves and widely from all other
haemaphysalids by following characters. The female palpi of H. aponommoides are
more narrowly elongate than those of H. inermis. In H. inermis females, palpi are
approximately 1.5 times as long as the basis capituli; in H. aponommoides females
they are slightly over twice as long as the basis capituli. Cornua, which are absent
or very slightly suggested in H.
inermis females, are short but distinct
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