Interactive Identification Key for the Hard Ticks (Ixodidae) of the Eastern U.S.

 

1.1Anal

Internal spur of coxa I longer than external. Hypostome broad, not 3/3 throughout length.

 

OR

1.2

Spur of coxa I equal in size. Hypostome long, narrow, 3/3 throughout length with teeth flaring laterally.