/. fossalatxis 201 



22. IXODES FOSSULATUS Neumann, 1899. 



Fig. 194 (original). 

 Lit. : Neumann, 1899, p. 120 (no figure). 



Male : unknown. 



Female : Body oval, narrowed in front, broadly rounded behind, 

 5x3 mm. Scutum oval, 1*3 x 1 mm., with rounded borders, glossy ; 

 scapulae pointed, cervical grooves attaining the posterior border ; lateral 

 grooves but slightly curved, joining the border at about the posterior 

 third of the length ; margin raised ; many fine equal punctations, coarser 

 posteriorly in the median field. Dorsum sbagreened by numerous 

 punctations ; glabrous, without marginal groove ; three grooves in the 

 posterior half. Venter shagreened like dorsum ; vulva narrow, facing 

 coxae IV ; anal grooves curved, not reaching the posterior border. 

 Spiracles distant from coxae IV, placed in front of the middle of the 

 body-length, oval, with short axis directed forward, macula slightly 

 eccentric. Capitulum with dorsal base twice as long as broad ; with 

 slight cornua ; porose areas large, ovoid, with long axis oblique, with an 

 interval equal to their width. Auricula forming a spine directed 

 backward and outward. Chelicera and hypostome ? Palps long, narrow. 

 Legs normal. Coxae small, not extending beyond the anterior quarter 

 of the body-length ; coxa I with two spurs, the internal longer ; coxa II 

 conical internally ; a short spur at the postero-external angle of coxae 

 II— III, almost obsolete on coxa IV. Tarsi long, tapering abruptly near 

 their tips ; pads large, almost as long as the claws ; the latter short and 

 thick. Colour : body and legs reddish brown. 



Fig. 194. I. fossulatus ? : capitulum (mutilated) and scutum, ventral aspect of capitulum, 

 tarsus 4, coxae, spiracle and anal groove. Sketch from type specimen from Ecuador. 

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



Our description of the type, a single dry specimen, from Ecuador, 

 S. America (Berlin Mus.), differs from that of Neumann in several 

 respects. 



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