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Ixodidae: Genus Ambly omnia 



Group 2. 



Genus (9) Amblyomma: generally ornate, with eyes and with 

 festoons. With long palps, of which article 2 is specially long; basis 

 capituli of variable form. The J 1 without adanal shields, but small 

 ventral plaques are occasionally present close to the festoons. Spiracles 

 subtriangular or comma-shaped. Figs. 134, 135 a and b. 



Type species : Amblyomma cajennense (Fabricius). 



Subgenus : Aponomma = Amblyomma, which are devoid of eyes, or 

 in which the eyes are poorly developed. The body is frequently very 

 broad. They occur almost exclusively on Reptilia. 



AMBLYOMMA 



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Fig. 134. A. cooperi Nuttall and Warburton, 1908, s : dorsum and venter (from Nutt. 



and Warb., E. W. del.). 



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Fig. 135 a. 



Fig. 135 b. 



Fig. 135 a. A. variegatum (Fabricius, 1794), s : posterior part of venter, showing plaques. 



(Original, G. H. F. N. del.) 

 Fig. 135 6. A. cooperi, ? : dorsum, schematized (from Tick*, Part I, G. H.F.N, del.). 



