Ixodidae: Genus Rhipicentor 



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Genus (4) Rhipicentor : inornate, with eyes and festoons ; with short 

 palps, with basis capituli hexagonal dorsally and having very prominent 

 lateral angles. Coxa I bifid iu both sexes. The <f resembles Rhipi- 

 cephalus dorsally, Dermacentor ventrally ; coxa IV is much the largest; 

 no ventral plates or shields. Spiracles sub-triangular ( $ ) or comma- 

 shaped (</). Figs. 123, 124. 



Type species : Rhipicentor bicornis Nuttall and Warburton. 







RHIPICENTOR 







Fig. 123. R. bicornis Nuttall and Warburton, 1908, s and ? : dorsum (from Nutt. and 



Warb., E. W. del.). 





CeKA. -Z" 



Fig. 124. R. bicornis, i : venter, etc., as under Fig. 123 (G. H. F. N. del.). 



