IDENTIFICATION 



The following notes are a brief abstract of Theiler's (l94l) 

 descriptions, which also incliode those of the larva and nymph. 

 Arthur (ms.) also redescribes this species; his manuscript is not 

 available at the time this is written but he has (correspondence) 

 confirmed the accuracy of Thaller's description and of this sum- 

 mary. 



Male. This is a small light brown tick with slender legs. 

 The scirEum, approximately twice as long as wide and sharply 

 pointed at both ends, bears fine, evenly distributed punctations 

 posteriorly and coarser ptinctations anterolaterally. Cervical 

 grooves are vaguely indicated. The short, converging palpi, 

 which overlap the short, blunt hypostome, are borne on a lateral 

 projection of the basis capituli. The ventral plates and coxae 

 are most distinctive (Figure 340). 



Female. Palpi are narrow and elongate but also borne on a 

 lateral projection from the basis capituli. The scutum is widest 

 itist posterior of midlength and abruptly converging posteriorly; 

 its faintly reticulate surface bears a few medium size punctations 

 and scattered hairs; cervical grooves are absent; lateral grooves 

 are fine. Ventrally, genital grooves are long, straight, diver- 

 gent; anal grooves are truncate anterior of the anus, thence long 

 and subparallel tending to converge distally. 



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