Key to Species 



137 



Females. 



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 2. 



3. 



8. 

 9. 

 10, 

 11, 



12. 



There are 48 species known by their females. 



[Legs inordinately long (on bats) . 



(Legs moderate ...... 



( Anal grooves horseshoe shaped or closed behind 

 ( „ „ sub-parallel or divergent 



(Anal grooves horseshoe shaped . 



( „ „ closed behind .... 



(Coxa I with two long sharp spurs ; well-marked 

 auriculae (Madagascar) .... 

 Coxa I otherwise 



'Coxa I with a long internal spine ; auriculae (on 



monkeys, Africa) ..... 

 Coxa I with no internal spine ; no auriculae (on 

 . cattle, S. Africa) 



[Anal grooves a circle (Africa) 



| „ „ an oval, pointed behind . 



(Coxa I with sharp internal spur . 

 \ ,, „ without internal spur 



/Scutum broader than long, palps short, with 



article 1 much enlarged .... 

 [Scutum longer than broad, palps long, norma 

 \ (Australia) ...... 



(Coxae practically unarmed .... 

 (Some of the coxae with distinct spurs . 



rScutum broadest quite in front (on marine birds) 

 1 „ ,, near middle or posteriorly 



jScutum broadest behind the middle 



I „ „ in middle or a little anteriorly 



jScutum broader than long .... 

 | „ longer than broad .... 



1 Palps with article 1 greatly enlarged on ventral 

 aspect 

 Palps with article 1 small .... 



vespertilionis 274 

 1 



2 



8 



3 



5 



lunatus 

 4 



226 



schillingsi 239 



pilosus 222 



7-asus 229 

 6 



ugandanus 232 



australiensis 250 



holocyclm 236 



9 

 20 



putus 258 



10 



11 

 14 



12 

 13 



tasmani 244 



ornithorhynchi 242 



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