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Figure 2.24
(A
B) Hypostome of male, female; (C
D) capitulum of male, female; (E
F)
coxa of male, female; (G
H) spiracular plates of male, female.
Source: NIV. unpublished drawings.
Nymph (
Figures 2.23 and 2.24
)
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Overall body length is approximately 1.29 mm, breadth 0.75 mm.
Capitulum: Basis capitulum is dorsally approximately 2 times as broad as long;
cornua are broadly triangular, approximately one-half as long as the base of basis
capitulum. Palpi are compact. Hypostome is as long as palpi, and dental formula is
3/3, with six or seven denticles in a file.
Scutum: Scutum is approximately 1.2 times as broad as long. Cervical grooves
are narrow. Punctations are obscure.
