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Figure 2.80
Haemaphysalis kinneari. (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: Trapoda et al. (1964), Journal of Parasitology (vol 50(1)), Allen press Publishing
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first festoon. Cervical grooves are shallow, with sub-circular pits at the level of
coxa II; grooves are obsolete or almost so. Punctations are mostly deep, large and
medium size, and confined to depression and certain elevated areas. Festoons num-
ber 11, and are clearly separated.
Legs: Coxa are each with a short, triangular, rather sharply pointed spur; spur on
I is longest, on IV slightly shorter, those on II and III sub-equal and slightly shorter
than that of IV; spurs on I, II, and III are arising midway between outer and inner
margins, and on IV closer to inner margin.
Female (
Figures 2.80 and 2.81
)
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Mean length is about 3.7 mm, width 2.3 mm.
Capitulum: Basis capituli are slightly over twice as wide as long; cornua are
widely triangular and short; porose areas are small, sub-ovate, and widely spaced.
Palpi are similar to those of male except for somewhat greater length ratio and
more angular apex of segment III; with group of three rather than two dorsal setae
near posteromedial juncture of segment II. Hypostome is with two or three more
denticles in each file than in male.
