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Figure 2.58
Distribution of
H. shimoga in India. (
) Place
of first record.
Map not to scale.
as long as palpi, lateral margins almost straight (or very slightly convex); dental
formula is 5/5, with approximately 8 (inner)
14 (outer) denticles in a file.
Scutum: Scutum approximately 1.6 times as long as wide, lateral margins con-
vex, widest at the level of coxa IV. Lateral grooves are very shallow, wide to the
level between coxa III and IV, enclose one or no festoons. Cervical grooves are
deep, narrow, parallel, and short. Punctations mostly small, numerous, discrete,
noncontiguous, and scattered over entire surface including lateral ridges and fes-
toons. Festoons are eleven in number are long, and distinctly separated.
Legs: Coxa are each (I to III) with one or (IV) two spurs.
Female (
Figures 2.59 and 2.60
)
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Overall mean body length is approximately 3.2 mm, width 1.8 mm.
Capitulum: Basis capitulum is with outline similar to that of male but with cor-
nua slightly shorter than those of the male; porose areas are ovate, widely spaced,
and of moderate size. Palpi widely salient basally, each palpus approximately 1.5
times as long as basal width. Hypostome similar to that of male except that it is
approximately 3 times as long as wide; dental formula is 4/4, with 13
17 denticles
in a file.
Scutum: Scutum is sub-circular, margins are rounded. Cervical grooves are
deep, narrow, and parallel, on the apical half of scutum. Punctations are small, rare
