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Scutum: Scutum is 1.6 times as wide as long. The punctations are equal to
none. Cervical grooves are moderately deep and are reaching two-thirds of scutum.
Legs: Coxa are showing plate-like or broadly triangular spur.
Related Species
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Among Indian Herpetobia species, H. nepalensis is related to H. kashmirensis in
appearances but differs in having only two narrow setae on the internal margin of
palpal segment II ventrally and outer spur-like ridge on coxa I, short lateral grooves
sub-circular female scutum, triangular porose areas, and ventral spur on female tro-
chanter I. Each species except H. nepalensis has a prominent but variable ventral
spur on palpal segment III. H. nepalensis is intermediate between and shares a
number of peculiar structural characters with ticks in the subgenera Alloceraea
(H. aponommoides) and Allophysalis (H. warburtoni).
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Hosts
25,26,120
Immature stages: Sheep, and by flag dragging.
Adults: Sheep, cattle, yak, goat, buffalo, man, wild cat, bear, serow, black bear.
Distribution
25,26,120
India (West Bengal, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh), Nepal.
Disease Relationship
Not known.
Ecology
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Haemaphysalis nepalensis was described by Hoogstraal (1962) from one male and
two female specimens from a rodent (white-bellied rat) and man near Leucopani,
about 5,000 ft altitude, in eastern Nepal. H. nepalensis has been collected sub-
sequently from seven localities between 6,000 and 13,000 ft altitude in eastern
Nepal.
2.4.3 Haemaphysalis sulcata
H. sulcata is a species which was described in 1877 by Canestrini and Fanzago
from a nymph. Subsequently it was further placed into synonymy with H. punctata
and was described several times anew under various names. However, the original
name is still maintained (
Figure 2.16
).
Male (
Figures 2.17 and 2.18
)
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Capitulum: Dorsally basis capitulum is with very long and robust dorsal cornua;
length of basis capitulum with cornua is nearly equal to width of basis capitulum.
Palpal segment II is with arcuate lateral salience; dorsally posterior margin of
