H. vidua 



495 



38. HAEMAPHYSALIS VIDUA Warburton and 



Nuttall, 1909. 



Fig. 435. 



Lit. and Icon. : Warburton and Nuttall, 1909, pp. 66-67, Fig. 13 (reproduced). 



Male (Fig. 435) : Scutum : 1'8 x 1*1 mm., yellow, oval, broadest in the 

 middle, with very numerous shallow punctations ; cervical grooves deep 

 oval pits with shallow divergent posterior continuatioiis ; no lateral 

 grooves. Gapituluin : short ; base rectangular, comparatively long, 

 with short blunt cornua ; hypostome with large corona followed by 4 1 4 

 rather scale-like teeth, few in number, about 30 in all ; palps with 



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Fig. 435. H. vidua s , dorsum, coxae, spiracle, tarsus IV. Sketch by C. W. Warburton 

 and Nuttall, 1909, Fig. 13. 



articles 2 and 3 about equal in length, and with article 2 salient near 

 its distal end, and forming a sinuous contour with article 3 ; a ventral 

 retrograde spur from the outer border of article 3. Venter : spiracle 

 oval, with slight dorsal prominence ; anal grooves ogival. Legs : not 

 very strong, coxae with a moderate spur at each postero-internal angle, 

 strongest on coxa IV; tarsi thick and abruptly tapering, almost 

 humped. 



Female : unknown. 



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