Table 2.

Numbers of detected morphological abnormalities in Hyalomma tick species collected from January to June 2022 in Aswan, Egypt

Type of abnormalities		Tick species	n	Rate of abnormal ticks (%)	Rate of examined ticks (%)
General	Gynandromorphism	H. dromedarii	1	1.9	0.08
	Asymmetries	H. dromedarii (♂)	2	3.8	0.16
Local	Atrophy of one or multiple legs	H. dromedarii (♂)	2	3.8	0.16
		H. rufipes (♂)	1	1.9	0.08
	Ectromely of leg	H. dromedarii (♂)	1	1.9	0.08
	Absence of accessory adanal plate	H. rufipes (♂)	1	1.9	0.08
	Absence of subanal plates	H. dromedarii (♂)	2	3.8	0.16
		H. rufipes (♂)	1	1.9	0.08
	Fusion of adanal and accessory adanal plates	H. dromedarii (♂)	1	1.9	0.08
	Presence of sclerotized formation in ventral plate	H. dromedarii (♂)	1	1.9	0.08
	Subanal plate anomalies	H. dromedarii (♂)	20	38.5	1.6
	Spiracle anomalies	H. dromedarii (♂)	3	5.8	0.24
		H. dromedarii (♀)	1	1.9	0.08
	Adanal plate anomalies	H. dromedarii (♂)	4	7.7	0.32
		H. rufipes (♂)	1	1.9	0.08
	Anal groove anomaly	H. dromedarii (♂)	1	1.9	0.08
	Festoon anomalies	H. dromedarii (♂)	4	7.7	0.32
	Parma anomalies	H. dromedarii (♂)	3	5.8	0.24
	Postermedian groove anomalies	H. dromedarii (♂)	2	3.8	0.16
Total			52	100	4.16

n = number of anomalous ticks