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From: Molecular-phylogenetic analyses of Ixodes species from South Africa suggest an African origin of bird-associated exophilic ticks (subgenus Trichotoixodes)

Fig. 2

Key morphological characters of Ixodes pilosus group sp. II. female. A Dorsal view (arrows mark high density of alloscutal bristles posteriorly, forming tufts). B Dorsal view of scutum (longer than broad) and basis capituli (1—longer lateral carinae; 2—scutum, lateral margins parallel; 3—longest palpal hairs on segment II exceed the palpal diameter). C Ventral view (arrows mark auriculae as distinct, large, laterally flattened)

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