H. pospelovashtromae is a moderately large haemaphysalid, the adult males averaging 2.7 mm in length and 1.4 mm in width, and unengorged adult females 3.4 mm in length and 2.8 mm in width.[1] When unengorged, they are of a yellowish color.[1] The conscutum of the male is pear-shaped, and the scutum of the female is slightly longer than wide with the outline widest at the anterior third of the length and gradually converging to a moderately pointed posterior margin.[1] The posterior margin of the idiosoma has 11 festoons.[1]
^ abcdefHarry Hoogstraal. 1966. Haemaphysalis (Allophysalis) pospelovashtromae sp. n. from USSR and Redescription of the Type Material of H. (A.) Warburtoni Nuttall from China (Ixodoidea, Ixodidae). Journal of Parasitology, 52(4):787-800, https://www.jstor.org/stable/3276458;"The new species described herein is dedicated to Professor Maria V. Pospelova-Shtrom of the Institute of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, Moscow, who has generously furnished the specimens of this species, in recognition of her pioneer studies on the systematics of Haemaphysalis ticks as well as of her many important contributions to knowledge of Asiatic ticks."