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APONOMMA LATUM. {KOCIL) 



AmUi/oiniiia lainui, Koeli (IS-t-t, 18^7). 

 Aponomnia polltuin, Neumann (1899). 

 " Amhlyomma laeve, Neumann (1899). 



Aponomma latum (Koch) (Neumann, 1901). 



Male. — Bodi/ oval, fiat, 5 mm. long (without rostrum), 1 mm. wide, 

 ochreous yellow in all its parts. Shield covers all the dorsal surface, uni- 

 colour, glabrous ; cervical grooves short, concave ; no lateral grooves ; 

 posterior festoons elongated, with separations deep and curved outward ; a 

 few punctuations, very fine, more sparsely scattered about the periphery of 

 the shield ; on each margin at the level of legs II, a smooth area, repre- 

 senting an obsolete eye. Ventral surface clothed with very short, trans- 

 lucent hairs ; stigmatic plates comma-shaped. Bostruni 1.3 mm. long : 

 hypostome with three rows of teeth on each half ; first pair of coxae pro- 

 vided with two short, blunt spines ; coxae III with a large dentate plate ; 

 the other coxae unarmed ; tarsi short, witli a bosse near their outer 

 extremity ; claws long, caruncle short. 



Female. — As wide as long (2.7 mm.), but widest l)ehind ; when fully 

 engorged it may become as much as 9 mm. long by 6.5 mm. wide ; colour 

 reddish brown. Shield reddish brown, uni-colour without spots, heart 

 shaped, almost as wide as long, smooth and shining, punctuations very 

 fine, almost invisible ; cervical grooves reduced, only extremities present. 

 Dorsal surface deep reddisli yellow, a little lighter on the edges, and 

 smooth, a little shiniilg ; usual grooves replaced l)y shallow depressions ; 

 posterior festoons rather prominent. Ventral surface lighter coloured than 

 dorsal, a few short hairs and punctuations present. Eostrum, reddish in 

 colour ; base rectangular, almost twice as wide as long ; hypostome 

 elongate, rounded at the tip, three rows of teeth on each half ; palpi long, 

 fiat, narrow, hairs present ; porose areas not very deep. Legs slender, of 

 medium length ; coxae like those of male, tarsi longer than those of male, 

 and bosse less prominent. 



Hosts. — Serpents, Python niolurus. 



Eahitat. — East Indies, Durban. ' 

 Tliis species I have never seen. The description is compiled from those 

 given by Neumann. 



Genvs NEUMANIELLA. {LATIILLE.) 



, Neumaniella, Lahille. 



Body wider than long ; narrow in front, and very wide behind ; palpi 

 elongate, but shorter than in Aponomma ; no eyes ; sexual grooves very 

 short or entirely lacking ; no anal groove. 



This genus was established by Lahille on the species Aponomma 

 transverscdis, Lucas, a South African species. It is very closely related to 

 Aponomma, and differs from it mainly in the shape of the body, wider than 

 long, whereas the species of Aponomma are as long as wide, and l)y the very 

 short sexual grooves on the ventral surface, or entire absence of them, and 

 the entire absence of the anal groove. When Neumann described this type 

 species (1899) he drew attention to the fact that it differed considerably 

 from the typical Aponomma, and suggested that it might eventually be 



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