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II; infrainternal setae number seven; dental formula is 6/6 or 7/7; all coxa and trochanters
show large, triangular spur; coxa I and IV show large, broadly triangular spur while coxa
II and III show small but triangular and pointed spurs.............................[H. montgomeryi]
Palpi are compact, so no salience; posterodorsal spur on palpal segment III is broadly tri-
angular or ridge-like; posteroventral spur is conventionally triangular and overlaps half of
palpal segment II; infrainternal setae number four; lanceolate, well spaced, and medium
in length; dental formula is 5/5; all coxa and trochanters bear spur but are blunt and
reduced in size from coxa I to IV...............................................[H. obese]
Females
1.
Posterodorsally palpal segment II shows broadly but conventionally triangular spur infra-
internal setae are six and are long, lanceolate, and well spaced; dental formula is 7/7 or
8/8; porose areas are oval but elongate; well spaced but small, all coxa and trochanters
bear small spurs but are triangular and pointed; coxa I and IV spurs are moderate and
pointed but coxa II and III spurs are broadly triangular but small and pointed; trochanters
show pointed spur but are small.............................................................[H. montgomeryi]
Posterodorsal margin of palpal segment II is ridged while posteroventral margin bears a
moderate spur; conventionally triangular and reaching or overlapping one-third of palpal
segment II; infrainternal setae number five or six, and are short but well spaced; porose
areas are oval but inclined and large; coxa and trochanters bear spurs but coxa I spur is
moderate and blunt while other coxa are ridged;
trochanters are ridged...................
[H. besa]
2.9.1 Haemaphysalis montgomeryi
Nuttall first described this species in 1912 from the samples collected by R.E.
Montgomery from Uttarakhand state (formerly a part of Uttar Pradesh state) of
India in 1905. The name of the species is kept in honor of the collector of this
species (
Figure 2.111
).
Male (
Figures 2.112 and 2.113
)
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Mean body length is 3.0 mm and average width is 1.6 mm.
Capitulum: Basis capitulum is dorsally approximately 1.3 times as wide as
long; cornua are short, approximately one-third as long as the base of basis capitu-
lum, widely triangular, apex sharply or bluntly pointed. Palpi are compact, lacking
basolateral salience. Hypostome is as long as palpi; lateral outline is parallel; dental
formula is 6/6 (rarely 6.5/6.5), with files of equal length consisting of approxi-
mately 15 narrowly elongate, closely spaced denticles.
Scutum: Scutum is bordered laterally by narrow strip of integument, approxi-
mately 1.5 times as long as wide; widest just anterior of the level of dorsal projec-
tion of spiracular plate. Scutal surface is glossy, convex within lateral ridges and
anterior of festoons, depressed posteriorly. Lateral grooves are shallow, short, and
usually enclose first festoon, and extend to or are very slightly beyond the level of
