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Acarology 



References: 



Cooley, R. A. and Glen M. Kohls. 1944. The Argasidae of North America, 



Central America and Cuba. Am. Midland Naturalist. Mongr. vi + 



152. 

 Nuttal, G. H. F., C. Warburton, W. F. Cooper, and L. E. Robinson. 1908. 



Ticks. A monograph of the Ixodidae, Part I, The Argasidae, 1-104, 



Cambridge Univ. Press. 



Nuttalliellidae Schulze, 1935 



Figure 104 



Diagnosis: This family is inter- 

 mediate between the Argasidae 

 and Ixodidae. The scutum is not 

 heavily sclerotized and is similar 

 in appearance to the leathery in- 

 tegument that covers the entire 

 body. The integument has papillae 

 similar to those found in the 

 Argasidae. The palpi have freely 

 movable segments, but there is a 

 groove on the inner side of the 

 second segment. The gnathosoma 

 is anterior and visible from above 

 as in the Ixodidae. 



Figure 104 Nuttalliella namaqua Bed- 

 ford, 1931. Dorsal view of female. 

 (After Bedford 1931) 



Genus: 



Nuttalliella Bedford, 1931 



Type. Nuttalliella namaqua Bedford, 1931 



Discussion: The type specimen was found under a stone in Little 

 Namaqualand, Africa. It is not known to be of any economic or medi- 

 cal importance. 



