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Fig. 4

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

Fig. 4

Key morphological characters of Ixodes ugandanus female. A Dorsal view of scutum and basis capituli (1—short, rounded body; 2—scutum posteriorly broad but widest well in front of midlength; 3—areae porosae subtriangular, distance between them less than their width). B Ventral view of basis and first coxae (1—palps long, their sides parallel along anterior straight part, lateral margins concave; 2—separation of segments II-III indistinct; 3—palpal hairs longest close to base of segment II; 4—lateral teeth on hypostome long and strong; 5—auriculae indistinct; 6—internal spur on coxae I pointed, medially directed)

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