The eyes are on the sides of the body, the spiracles open between legs 3 and 4, and males and females only differ in the structure of the genital pore.
In the Egyptian migratory bird study, over 20 strains of pathogenic viruses were detected within the tick sample from autumn.
Other tick-borne diseases include and , , , , tick-borne , , , , and , as well as bovine and the.