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On Three New Species of Ticks (Arachnida, Ixodoidea), Ornithodorus gurneyi, Ixodes arvicolae and Haemaphysalis mjöbergi

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

Cecil Warburton
Affiliation:
(From the Molteno Institute for Research in Parasitology, University of Cambridge).

Extract

Broadly oval, 5·8 × 3·9 mm., slightly broader at the posterior third; rounded in front, the posterior border more flattened. Integument mammillate and with dorsal depressions and discs, and ventral grooves strongly recalling O. coriaceus (see Fig. 1). Numerous short white hairs scattered over the integument, and notably a ring of close-set clavate hairs round the base of each trochanter. Eyes absent. The half-gorged ♂ measures 6 × 4 mm.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1926

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