TICKS OF THE BELGIAN CONGO. 



333 



The genus comprises but one species, Margaropus winthemi, Karsch, 1879, occurring 

 in South Africa ; rare. 





^ v/ V-V ' — j.^y^u^^'C iyic/cu. 





Fig^. 33. 3Iargaropus u'intliemi, Karsch, 1879, o 

 ventral aspect (Neumann, 1907). 





Fig. 34. JIargaropus winthemi, 



Karsch, 1879, $ : capituluni 



and scutum (Nuttall and 



Warburton, 1911). 



Genus 7. Boophilus. 



Generic characters : Anal grooves obsolete ; inornate^ with eyes, hut without festoons ; 

 with very short compressed palps ridged dorsaUy and laterally ; basis capituli hexagonal 

 dorsally ; slightly chitinized- ; the unfed adults of small size. Coxa I. bifid. The 

 female with a small scutum; the male ivith adanal and accessory adanul shields. 

 Spiracles rounded or oval in both sexes. 



The genus is represented in the Congo by one species : Boophilus decoloratus (Koch, 

 1844) whose characters are shown in the accompanying illustrations. (A closely 

 allied species or variety B. australis, Fuller, may also be found to occur in the Congo.) 

 {Figs. 35 and 36.) For biology see p. 345. 



