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Figure 2.96
Distribution of
H. turturis in India. (
) Place
of first record.
Map not to scale.
one-third the length of the basis capitulum. Palpi are conical, lacking basal
salience; five narrowly lanceolate setae ventrally (“infrainternal setae”) on segment
II. Hypostome is with slightly convex lateral margins; dentition is 4/4, with denti-
cles in files of six or seven.
Scutum: Scutum is 1.4 times as long as wide; margins are broadly rounded.
Lateral grooves are almost obsolete, shallow, and not enclosing festoons. Cervical
grooves are shallow, comma-shaped pits situated somewhat posterior of anterior
margin. Punctations are shallow, small, numerous over entire surface as well as
over festoons and periphery. Genital operculum is situated between coxa II.
Festoons are clearly delimited, short, and broad.
Legs: Coxa, each has a triangular spur; spur on I is narrowly elongate, overlap-
ping coxa II; spurs on II, III, and IV are wider, successively slightly shorter than
the preceding; spurs on II and III are medial, and that on IV are closer to inner
margin.
Female (
Figures 2.97 and 2.98
)
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Length of female is approximately 2.5 mm and width 1.8 mm.
Capitulum: Capitulum is somewhat larger than that of male and with a slight
and recurved salience of the basolateral junctures of the palpi. Basis capituli are
