APONOMMA GERVAISI 



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Hypostome with six rows of teeth ; coxa I with two very short 



equal spurs .... v . . . . crassipes. 



(Egypt.) 



8. Hypostome with eight rows of teeth ; tarsi without sub-ter- 



minal humps ; scutum uniformly reddish brown . . Irach ysauri. 



(Australia.) 

 Hypostome with six rows of teeth ; tarsi with sub-terminal 



humps . . . . . ... . . . . . 9 



9. Scutum without deep marginal grooves, and with reddish spots, decorosum. 



(Australia ; Fiji Islands.) 

 Scutum with deep lateral grooves, brownish red without spots, h ydrosauri. 



(Australia.) 



FEMALES 



Body as broad as long or longer than broad .... 



Body much longer than broad ....... 



Scutum with three green or yellowish spots .... 



Scutum uniformly reddish brown, with green or yellow spots . 

 Scutum much broader than long, with large punctations ; 



hypostome with six rows of teeth ...... 



Scutum as long as broad or longer ...... 



Scutum with fine punctations ; hypostome with eight rows of 



teeth ; tarsi with spurs ........ 



Scutum with large punctations ; hypostome with eight rows of 



teeth ; tarsi without spurs ....... 



anterior 



transversale. 



3 



5 



gervaisi. 



exornatum. 



trimaculatum. 



(New Guinea.) 



5. Scutum heart-shaped (lateral angles towards the 



third) .............. 6 



Scutum triangular (the lateral angles towards the anterior 



fourth) .............. 8 



6. Hypostome with eight rows of teeth ; scutum with well marked 



punctations .......... ecinctlllTl. 



Hypostome with six rows of teeth ; scutum with very fine 



punctations ............. 7 



7. Tarsi long, without sub-terminal humps ..... ochraceum. 

 Tarsi short, with sub-terminal humps ..... laeve. 



8. Scutum broader than long ; porose areas sub-triangular, and 



sub-contiguous .... ..... trachysauri. 



Scutum as long as broad ........... 9 



9. Hypostome with six rows of teeth ; porose areas small, round, 



close, at a sub-tangent to the posterior border of basis 



capituli ....... . . decorosum. 



Hypostome with eight rows of teeth ; porose areas large, oval 



and remote from each other ...... hydrosauri. 



Aponomma gervaisi, Lucas. Male- Body as long or longer than 

 broad. Scutum chestnut brown with five metallic green spots, one of 

 which is median and the others at the periphery. Numerous deep un- 

 equal punctations. Hypostome with six rows of teeth. Coxa I has two 

 spurs. Length 3 to 3'5 mm. ; width 2*5 to 3 mm. (Neumann) 



