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(B)
(C)
(D)
Figure 2.65
Haemaphysalis cuspidata. (A) Male, dorsal and ventral side; (B) female, dorsal
and ventral side; (C) nymph, dorsal and ventral side; (D) larva, dorsal and ventral side.
Source: NIV. unpublished drawings.
segment II on ventral side. The dental formula is 4/4, with seven or eight denticles
in each row.
Scutum: Scutum is ovoid in shape and is about 1 mm in length. Punctations are
very small and are not deep, scattered all over the scutum. Festoons are very deeply
marked, measuring 11 in number. Lateral grooves are short not enclosing any fes-
toons on either side and extending up to third coxa on each side.
Legs: Coxa I bears a very prominent, sharp, and pointed spur, overlapping ante-
rior portion of coxa II. Coxa II, III, and IV also show spur but are smaller than
coxa I and diminish from II to IV. Trochanter I bears a blunt spatulate spur, while
trochanters II, III, and IV show crest-like outgrowth.
Female (
Figures 2.65 and 2.66
)
104,Redescribed
Average body length is about 1.3
1.5 mm.
Capitulum: Cornua are triangular and pointed but not as big as in male, length
of cornua is approximately half the length of base of basis. Palpal segment II shows
low salience and no spur on either side. Infrainternal setae number four. Palpal seg-
ment III shows a big spur overlapping more than half of the palpal segment II on
