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Figure 2.104
(A
C) Hypostome of male, female, and nymph, respectively; (D
F)
capitulum of male, female, and nymph, respectively; (G
I) coxa of male, female, and
nymph, respectively; (J
L) spiracular plates of male, female, and nymph, respectively.
Source: NIV. unpublished drawings.
Female (
Figures 2.103 and 2.104
)
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Total body length measures approximately 1.7 mm.
Capitulum: Capitulum is slightly different from that of male. Basis capituli are
shorter and wider than that of male; porose areas are sub-ovate, widely spaced.
Palpi are with a slight basolateral salience formed by wider basal margins and
