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TIK start
Family:
Soft ticks
Hard ticks

Life stage:
Larvae
Nymph
Adult

Genera
Amblyomma
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Boophilus
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Dermacentor
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Haemaphysalis
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Hyalomma
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Ixodes
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* Species Identification
* Host animals
Rhipicephalus
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TICK IDENTIFICATION KEY

Ixodes species Identification Step 3:
(adapted from Hillyard, 1996)

Basis of the capitulum


When looking dorsally:   If so:

base-palp-spurs2
lateral spurs on basal palp segment


 

The basal segment of the palps has a lateral triangular spur (arrows)

The tick is of species:
 

Ixodes trianguliceps

 overview
background details

   

basepalp-spurless
no spurs on basal palp segment

No lateral triangular spurs on the basal segment of the palps Go to Step 4
   
   
   

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