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STANDARD MEASUREMENTS IN MICRONS 



^^CQ^S^r-^Kj ^. P^ PE PK PW 



'?;a,o5^a,'=q^a, Q Coxa II SD ASB Tarsus III 



Type series* 42 67 31 22 240 17 27 108 36-92 



Range* 3 3 o o 17 3 2 5 



Other (i) 40 60 27 23 223 14 27 98 46-81 60/81=0.74 0.24 2.61 60/70=0.86 



* After Womersley, modified so as to delete decimals. 



Type material. — Holotype and 6 paratypes from ex Rattus sabanus, 

 Malaya, Selangor, Ulu Gombak Forest Reserve, i6 miles north of 

 Kuala Lumpur, November 15, 1948 (J. R. Audy, for Colonial Office 

 Medical Research Unit). Apparently deposited in collections of 

 South Australia Museum, Adelaide. 



Records and comment. — One ex Rattus sabanus, Malaya, Selangor, 

 Kepong, April 11, 1950 (C.O.M.R.U.). All records are from the pri- 

 mary jungle. This species has not been taken in scrub terrain despite 

 intensive collecting by both the U. S. Army and Colonial Office Medi- 

 cal Research Units in the vicinity of Kuala Lumpur. 



GAHRLIEPIA (GAHRLIEPIA) INSIGNE Womersley, 1952 



Figures 183-185 



1952. Gahrliepia (Gahrliepia) insigne Womersley, Rec. South Australia Mus., 

 vol. 10, Nos. 1-2, pp. 283, 302-303, pi. 79, figs. A-D. 



Diagno.sis of larva. — A species with a highly scrobiculate scutum 

 and 2 pairs of submarginal usurped setae. Scutum with about 30 

 very large subquadrate or polygonal scrobiculi, covering most of 

 scutum posterior to PLs. The pits about five or more times diameter 

 of the setal bases. Scutum about twice as long as broad at maximum ; 

 broadly tongue-shaped. Sensillary bases' level almost midway be- 

 tween ALs and PLs. Palpal setal formula b/b/NNN. Palpal claw 

 apparently 3-pronged (appeared 2-pronged in unique holotype). Eyes 

 2-1-2. PPW-i about 77 microns; PPW-2, 74; PPP-i, 118; PPP-2, 

 64. With about 32 stoutly ciliated dorsal setae arranged 2.6.6.6.6.4.2 

 (excluding usurped setae). With about 56 ventral setae. True ven- 

 trals about 30 microns; postanals 40 microns. Coxa III in ratio of 

 1-33. 



STANDARD MEASUREMENTS IN MICRONS 



fefeQ3^£?°rKj^ '^. P^^ EK PK P^ ■ 



'"^lo.c^'^il.'^^a, q Coxa II SD ASB Tarsus III 



Holotype* 45 76 45 22 I74 3i 40 53 •.. 0-39 3-45 



Others (3) : 



Mean 41 68 40 19 168 29 39 52 68/59=1-16 0.36 3.48 68/8i=.i.i9 



Range + or — 2222 14 224 37-46 0.06 0.04 0.06 0.04 



• After Womersley, 1952, modified so as to delete decimals. 



