FEMALES 



1. Scutum smooth or with few, ir- 

 regularly scattered, large puncta- 

 tions* 



Scutum with numerous usually dis- 

 crete punctations distributed over 

 most or entire siorface 4 



2. Genital apron a narrowly- elongate, 

 triangle, gradually sloping in pro- 

 file. Scutum usually at least as 

 wide as long, with ten to twenty 

 large punctations in central field 

 and about an equal numbers in each 



scapular field. Large ticks H. DR0I>1EDARII 



Figure's 16^ and 165 



Genital apron never as narrowly 



elongate and otherwise variously 



differing from that of K. dromedarii . 



Scutum often longer th^ wide. Small 



or medium-size ticks 3 



*If small punctations are present in this group of three species, 

 they are extremely shallow, irregular, and non-discrete. Do not 

 confuse in this group exceptionally sparsely-punctate H. marginatum , 

 which in all instances has a large , widely transverse , ~very strongly 

 bulging genital apron not found m this group of species. 



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