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Ixodidae: Genus Boophilus 



Genus (7) Boophilus: inornate with eyes, but without festoons ; with 

 very short compressed palps ridged dorsally and laterally ; basis capitidi 

 hexagonal dorsally ; slightly chitinized; the unfed adults of small size. 

 Coxa I bifid. Anal groove obsolete in ?, faintly indicated in $ . The 

 % with a small scutum ; the £ with adanal and accessory adanal shields. 

 Spiracles rounded or oval in both sexes. Figs. 130, 131. 



Type species : Boophilus annulatus (Say). 





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Fig. 130. B. decoloratus (Koch, 1844), <$ : dorsum and venter (from Warb. and Nutt., 



1909, G. H.F.N, del.). 



Fig. 131. B. annulatus (Say, 1821), ? : capitulum and scutum (sketch from Salmon and 

 Stiles, 1901, G. H.F.N, del.). 



