Biology Reference
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Figure 2.70
Distribution of
H. davisi in India. (
) Place of
first record.
Map not to scale.
Scutum: Scutum is approximately 1.5 times as long as broad, margins broadly
rounded, broadest in the middle. Lateral grooves are narrow, defined, moderately
long, extend somewhat beyond scutal mid-length, and do not enclose festoons.
Cervical pits are small and converging. Cervical grooves are short and obscure.
Punctations are discrete, small, relatively numerous, and regularly scattered over
entire surface except in a smooth narrow posteromedian line. Festoons are narrowly
elongate, and number 11. Legs are long and thin.
Legs: Coxa are each with a prominent triangular spur; spur of I is lanceolate,
extending beyond anterior margin of coxa II; spurs of II to IV are broadly
triangular.
Female (
Figures 2.71 and 2.72
)
70
Length is about 2.40
1.95 mm.
Capitulum: Basis capitulum is dorsally approximately twice as broad as length;
cornua are broadly triangular, rounded apically, and approximately one-third as
long as the base of basis capitulum; porose areas are large, irregularly oval, and
widely spaced. Palpi outlines are quite like those of male. Hypostome is as long as
palpi; dental formula is 5/5, with nine or ten denticles in a file.
Scutum: Scutum is as broad as long; greatest breadth slightly anterior of mid-
length. Cervical grooves are deep, linear, slightly converging, extending beyond
3.30 mm, breadth 1.35
