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Figure 2.27
(A
B) Hypostome of male and female, respectively; (C
D) capitulum of male
and female, respectively; (E
F) coxa of male and female, respectively; (G
H) spiracular
plates of male and female, respectively.
Source: NIV. unpublished drawings.
spaced. Palpi are intermediate between compact and irregularly campanulate.
Hypostome is broad and shorter than palpi; dental formula is 7/7, with eight to ten
denticles in a file.
Scutum: Scutum is approximately 1.25 times as long as broad and shallow.
Cervical grooves are like narrow arcs extending to scutal mid-length. Scutal punc-
tations are of irregular size and distribution.
