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Fig. 3

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

Fig. 3

Key morphological characters of Ixodes cf. rubicundus female. A Dorsal view (1—evenly distributed bristles on alloscutum; 2—scutum without hair, punctuation large-sized, dense). B Dorsal view of scutum and basis capituli (1—scutum elongated with parallel sides, length to width ratio 1.2; 2—posterolateral scutal margin distinctly sinuous; 3—palpal hairs shorter than palpal diameter). C Hypostome (dental formula: at the tip 4/4, two or three rows of 3/3 and seven rows of 2/2 teeth). D Ventral view of basis and coxae (1—auriculae indistinct; 2—internal spur on coxae I absent; 3—external spur on coxae I small)

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Parasites & Vectors

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