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Genus Haemaphysalls 



8. HAEMAPHYSALIS FORMOSENSIS Neumann, 1913. 



Figs. 334, 335. 



Lit. and Icon. : Neumami, 1913, pp. 135-137, Figs. 1, 2 ( (J capitulum in veuti-al 

 a.spect with coxa I, $ capitiilum in dorsal aspect with scutum and trochanter 

 I, not reproduced). 



Male (Fig. 334): Body broadly oval, livid brownish-yellow, legs 

 lighter. Scutum about 2"4 x 1-9 mm.' ; punctations numerous, but 



Fig. 334. H. formosensis <f . Dorsum, capitulum in ventral aspect, coxae with 

 trochanters, spiracle and tarsus IV. (N. 2730 Co-type.) Original, N. C. del. 



very shallow and inconspicuous ; cervical grooves slight oval pits ; 

 lateral grooves long and rather noticeably straight, including one 

 festoon ; festoons long. Ccqntulum : base rectangular (in some speci- 

 mens rather broader posteriorly), comua strong and blunt; palps 



1 The scutums of the 5 <? co-types in our collection (N. 2715, 2730) measured 

 respectively : 



2-5 xl-9 mm. 

 2-4 X 1-8.5 ,, 

 2-35 X 1-8.5 ,, 

 2-3 xl-9 ., 

 2-1 xl-75 „ 



