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Distinguishing Male versus Female Adult Paralysis Ticks
Note the size of the scutum and the length of the capitulum
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scutum: the dorsal sclerotised plate ("shield", or "shell") covering the anterior part of the body in female ixodid ticks and the entire dorsal surface in males.
capitulum: The moveable anterior extension of the body ("snout", or "mouthparts")which includes the palps, chelicerae, hypostome and basis capituli. The term "head" doesn't really apply to ticks. See identification for a close up diagram of these structures
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