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Figure 2.42
(A
D) Hypostome of male, female, nymph, and larva, respectively; (E
H)
capitulum of male, female, nymph, and larva, respectively; (I
L) coxa of male, female, nymph,
and larva, respectively; (M
O) spiracular plates of male, female, and nymph, respectively.
Source: NIV. unpublished drawings.
Capitulum: Length of capitulum from tips of palpi to tip of cornua is about
0.4 mm. Porose areas are oval and are inclined toward hypostome. Cornua are
moderately long and pointed. Dorsobasal margin of palpal segment III is with
median retroverted spur. Palpal segment II is with a blunt retrograde spur at the
