5. Coxae without overlapping, pointed 

 spurs and with few hairs all shorter 

 than coxal length. Palpal outline 

 deeply concave laterally and with 

 much redxiced basal angle dorsally 

 and ventrallyj segment 3 ventrally 

 with wide, bluntly rounded, short 

 retrograde spur. (Rare parasite of 



hyraxes) H. BBQUAERTI 



Figures~'l32 and 133 



Coxae with a short, pointed spur on 

 at least two pairs. Palpal outline 

 laterally straight or very slightly 

 concave (deeply concave only in ex- 

 ceptional, small specimens), and 

 usually with large pointed basal 

 angle or spur dorsally and ventral- 

 ly; segment 3 ventrally with narrow, 

 pointed, fairly long retrograde spur. 

 (Commonly on carnivores, rare on 

 other animals ) 6 



6. Scutum narrowly elongate (approximately 

 twice as long as wide); punctations 

 numerous, small, iisually discrete; 

 length from 2.3 mm. to 3.8 mm., width 

 from 1.2 mm. to 1.9 mm. Basis capi— 

 tuli laterally usually diverging only 

 slightly, cornua strong, ilongate. 

 Palpal lateral margins straight or 

 slightly concave. Coxae each with 



a distinct, overlapping spur. Tarsi 

 II to IV elongate, gradually tapering. 

 (Common on canines; less common on 



other carnivores) H. LEACHII LEACHII 



Figures~Ly^, 145, and HS 



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