IDENTrFICATION 



Males are easily recognized by the pointed dorsal projection 

 from the basal margin of palpal segment 3; pecviliarly shaped palpi; 

 short and broad scut-um; very short cervical grooves; lateral 

 grooves that reach only midlength of scutum; numerous, medium 

 size, deep scutal punctations; coxae with short but distinct 

 basal spurs, and tarsus IV gradually tapering. Palpal charac- 

 ters alone are enough to quickly separate H. parmata from other 

 African species. Males are very small; they measure from 1.3 

 mm. to 1.8 mm. long and from 0.75 ram. to 1.1 ram. wide. 



Females have the same distinctive palpal featiu-es as do 

 males. The subcircular scutum measures from 0.6A mm. to 0.70 

 mm. long, and from 0.75 mm. to 0.90 mm. wide; it has broad, 

 shallow, parallel cervical grooves extending to its midlength 

 and medivim size punctations that are more shallow than those 

 of the male. Coxa I has a rather wide, short posterior spur 

 but other coxal spiirs are replaced by broad posterior ridges. 

 Female palpal characters are as distinctive as those of the 

 male among the African fauna. 



Theiler (1945C ) has redescribed and illustrated both sexes 

 and the immature stages of H. parmata . Dr. Theiler identified 

 the larvae and nymphs from the forest goiineafowl from the Sudan. 



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