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Figure 2.23
Haemaphysalis himalaya. (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 (1966), Hoogstraal and Kammah (1970), Journal of Parasitology (vol 52
(4)) & 56(5), Allen press Publishing Services.
Legs: Legs are moderate. Coxa are each with a short spur of approximately
equal length; spur of I is peg-like with rounded apex, approximately twice as long
as wide; other spurs are widely triangular with pointed apices and extend a short
distance beyond posterior margins of coxa.
Female (
Figures 2.23 and 2.24
)
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Overall body length is approximately 2.9 mm, width 1.7 mm.
Capitulum: Basis capitulum is dorsally twice as wide as long; cornua are trian-
gular with narrowly rounded apices, 0.45 times as long as the base of basis capitu-
lum; porose areas are elongate, sub-circular, small, and widely spaced. Hypostome
is not quite as long as palpi, twice as long as in male; dental formula is 7/7, with
11 or 12 denticles in a close file.
Scutum: Scutum is shield shaped; 1.2 times as long as wide; cervical grooves
are as short, narrow to scutal mid-length; punctations are as in male.
Legs: Coxa are increasing in size from I to IV, coxa I spur is moderately larger
and other coxar with smaller or ridge-like spur.
