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Figure 2.97
Haemaphysalis turturis. (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 unpublished drawings.
approximately 2.2 times as wide as long; porose areas are widely oval or sub-
circular, moderate size, widely spaced.
Scutum: Scutum is sub-circular, width very slightly greater than length.
Cervical grooves consist of pits only (as in male) or are also represented by almost
obsolete, shallow extensions posterior of these pits. Punctations are similar to those
of male. Integument is dorsally and ventrally as illustrated. Genital operculum is
situated between coxa III or II.
Legs: Legs are essentially as in male except that spurs of coxa and trochanters
tend to be somewhat smaller.
Nymph (
Figures 2.97 and 2.98
)
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Mean body length is approximately 1.1 mm and width 0.7 mm.
Capitulum: Basis capitulum is 2.1 times as wide as long; margins are straight;
cornua are similar to those of female. Palpi are with margins similar to those of
female, except that the dorsobasal margin of segment III is practically straight and
lacks a spur; ventral spur of segment III is comparatively as long and as wide
basally as in female. Hypostome is with convex lateral margins; dentition is 2/2,
with files of six or seven denticles reaching almost to base of shaft.
