H. cinnaharina 



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and venter ; o replete, dorsum and venter ; all stages described, hosts 



distribution, biology). 

 Haemaphysalis punctata Canestrini and Fauzago, in Hadwen, 1912, p. 98. 

 Not Haemaphi/salis leporis-palustris (Packard), as stated by Neumann, 1897, 



p. 343. 



Male (Fig, ^IQ): Scutum: 1-9 x 1-3 to 2-7 x I'o mm., elongate, 

 strongly and irregularly punctate, the punctations being coarse and 

 often confluent in the middle region ; cervical grooves very short, well 

 marked ; lateral grooves very long and deep, including three festoons ; 

 festoons short ; dorsal, median and postero-lateral grooves are present, 



Fig. 316. H. cinnaharina d . Dorsum, ventral aspect of capitulum, coxae with tro- 

 chanters, spiracle and tarsus IV. (Specimen, N. 2452, raised in Cambridge, parents 

 from cattle, Winnipeg, Canada.) Original, N. C. and E.W. del. 



recalling those of Rhipicephalus. Capitulum : base not much broader 

 than long, punctate, with strong cornua ; palps massive ; article 2 slightly 

 salient laterally ; no dorsal spines ; a slight ventral retrograde point 

 under article 3 at its inner angle ; hyjDostome : dentition -i | 4 to 5 | 5 ; 

 very small sharp teeth without any median interval. Venter : spiracle 

 large, short, comma-shaped. Legs : coxal spurs strong, longest on coxa 

 IV ; tarsus IV short, tapering rather abruptly. 



