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2.5.2 Haemaphysalis ornithophila
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This species was originally described by Hoogstraal and Kohls in 1959 from the
specimens collected in 1937 from Pitta birds in Thailand. The name refers to the
avian ectoparasitic nature of the species (
Figure 2.28
).
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Male (
Figures 2.29 and 2.30
)
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Overall length is 2.1 mm, width 1.3 mm.
Capitulum: Basis capitulum is rectangular; cornua are gradually tapering to an
acute apex, approximately one-fourth as long as basis capitulum. Palpi are broadly
salient basally. Hypostome is narrowly elongate, lateral margins are slightly con-
vex; dentition is 4/4, with eight or nine denticles in a file.
Capitulum: Lateral grooves are deep and broad, extending from the level of mid-
dle of coxa III and including one festoon on each side. Cervical grooves are deep,
wide, and reaching approximately the same level as the anterior termination of lat-
eral grooves. Festoons number 11, are clearly marked, and elongate. Punctations are
quite numerous, fairly large, uniformly distributed, deep, and noncontiguous.
Genital aperture is large, and situated at a level with mid-length of coxa II.
Legs: Coxa I has a strong, sharply pointed spur arising from middle of posterior
margin and extending to anterior margin of coxa II; spur of II as an angled ridge
Figure 2.28
Distribution of
H. ornithophila in India. (
)
Place of first record.
Map not to scale.
