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irregular in size and distribution; lateral grooves are obsolete; festoons are short
and obscurely defined; coxa bear small spur or ridge-like outgrowth...................
[H. aponommoides]
Female
The basis capitulum is short, laterally convex, and lacks cornua; the palpi are nar-
rowly elongate or clavate; segment III lacks a ventral spur; dental formula is 3/3;
coxal spurs are small or obsolete; the body integument is leathery; the genital aper-
ture is slit-like...................[H. aponommoides]
2.1.1 Haemaphysalis aponommoides
This species was described by Warburton in 1913 as a variety of Haemaphysalis
inermis, a female specimen collected from Himalayan zebu cattle in West Bengal
of India. Because of its structural similarity with Aponomma, Warburton named it
aponommoides ( Figure 2.1 ).
Male ( Figures 2.2 and 2.3 ) 52
Overall body length is 2.4 mm, while the width is 1.5 mm.
Figure 2.1 Distribution of
H. aponommoides in India. (
)
Place of first record.
Map not to scale.
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