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Fig. 6

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

Fig. 6

Key morphological characters of Ixodes rhabdomysae female. A Dorsal view (1—scutum rhomboid, with lateral carinae as ridges; 2—cervical grooves broad, shallow, lightly colored; 3—lateral margin of palps straight; 4—medial edge of palpal segment II with obtuse-angled convexity). B Dorsal view of basis capituli (1—cornuae sharp, caudally directed; 2—areae porosae only slightly depressed, delimited medially by a dark ridge). C Ventral view of basis and coxae (1—coxae I with small internal and prominent external spurs; 2—coxae IV with distinct external spur). D Ventral view of basis (arrow marks sharp, caudally directed auricula)

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