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Figure 2.100
Haemaphysalis paraturturis. (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: Hoogstraal et al. (1963), Journal of Parasitology (vol 49(4)), Allen press Publishing
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numerous, moderately deep, irregularly sized, and distributed. Festoons number 11,
clearly defined.
Legs: Legs are moderately long and robust. Coxa each is with a well-defined spur;
I is with a large, elongate, moderately narrow, pointed spur; II and III each is with a
short, more widely triangular, medially situated, sub-equal spur; IV is with a shorter,
more narrowly triangular spur at juncture of inner and basal margins of coxa.
Female (
Figures 2.100 and 2.101
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Overall body length measures approximately 2.4 mm.
Capitulum: Basis capituli are shorter and wider than that of male; porose areas
are sub-circular, widely spaced. Palpi are with a slightly more pronounced basolat-
eral salience, and with a slight sub-apical depression of the lateral margin forming
a very small, rounded apical nubbin. Infrainternal setae of segment II number seven
to nine. Spur-like projection of dorsobasal margin of segment III is wider than in
male; palpi are otherwise quite similar to those of male. Hypostome is similar to
that of male.
Scutum: Scutum is with width and length sub-equal; lateral margins are widely
convex; posterior margin is broadly rounded. Cervical grooves are deep, narrow,
parallel, extending approximately to mid-length of scutum. Punctations are slightly
larger and less numerous than those of male, very few posteriorly.
Legs: Legs are similar to those of male.
