Unfortunately, it is impossible to identify this specimens even to a genus level based on these pictures. You need to make high magnification images of gnathosoma dorsally and ventrally at least.
It suggests improving the images, already mentioned by Omar Amin.
Maybe this article does not help much. But see.
Link: http://www.scielo.br/pdf/rbpv/v17n1/v17n1a12.pdf
http://www.smsl.co.nz/site/southernmonitoring/files/NZB/Ha%20longicornis%20Profile.pdf
The genus Haemaphysalis, is represented by only four species in the Americas, with three of them occurring in the Neotropical region.
It is impossible to identify with your photos, you need more magnification of gnathosoma and coxae in ventral view
Dear All, Thank you very much for your answers. I did not use any formal keys. By web search I got the following link:
http://www.lowchensaustralia.com/pests/paralysis-tick/haemaphysalis-longicornis-description.htm
The description and the image given in this link matched with this specimen. Unfortunately I do not have any instrument that can produce more magnified or clear picture. Can you suggest me a taxonomic key which I can follow easily? I have stereo microscopes with 10X to 40X magnification.
It is very difficult to Identify the tick properly without observing the mouth parts. Genus Haemaphysalis is very diverse and many species have a vast array of similarities, from your pictures it is clear that the tick is adult female Hemaphysalis sp. The tick could easily be either H. bispinosa or H. intermedia which are somewhat common in south Indian region
I recommend to go through this reference.
Trapido, Varma, M.G.R. Rajagopalan P.K. Singh, K.R.P. and Rebelio M.J.A. (1964). Guide to the identification of all stages of all Haemaphysalis ticks of South India. Bulletin of Entomological Research 55, 249–270.
Dear Al-Amin, I think that is impossible to identify with photos. You need to have photos with high magnification of the important features.
It's difficult to identify the specimen like that. you have to prepare a nice slides to it to make it ready for identification. Even neither the mouthparts nor the ventral plates are visible.
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