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

 

 

Male
1 Marginal Groove
2 Marginal Body Fold
3 Cervical Groove
4 Trochantor
5 Coxa I
6 Coxa II
7 Coxa III
8 Coxa IV
9 Median Plate
10 Adanal Plate
11 Anus
12 Anal Groove
13 Denticles
14 Crenulations

 

Female
1 Palp
2 Basis Capituli
3 Porose Area
4 Scutum
5 Hypostome
6 Palp Segment IV
7 Palp Segment III
8 Palp Segment II
9 Palp Segment I
10 Spur
11 Genital Aperture
12 Spiracular Plate
13 Cornua
14 Auricula