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English: Hyalomma female dorsal; male left dorsal, right ventral. Genus characteristics: 1- Medium to large ticks, body and mouthparts up to 6mm long, colored dark brown. 2- Mouthparts are longer than, but same width as, the basis capituli. 3- Scutum and conscutum are plain, without colored patterns (except in a few species) and with distinct ridges and depressions, together with many punctations. 4- Legs have pale rings (except in one or more species which have white enamel on their legs). 5- Eyes are present and distinctly convex. 6- Posterior body margin has a series of grooves forming a pattern of festoons. 7- Coxae 1 have a pair of large spurs in both sexes. 8- Males have large sclerotized plates aligned with anus. 9- Anal groove is posterior to the anus in both sexes.