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Fig. 9 | Parasites & Vectors

Fig. 9

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

Fig. 9

Key morphological characters of Ixodes alluaudi nymph. A Dorsal view. B Dorsal view of scutum and basis capituli (1—scutum broadest at mid-length; 2—cervical grooves lacking, lateral carinae straight; 3—surface finely punctate). C Ventral view. D Ventral view of basis capituli and hypostome (1—palpal segment I and the base of segment II overlapped by chitinous extension; 2—posterolateral angle of basis rounded; 3—auriculae pointed; 4—hypostome with 7 rows of 2/2 denticles)

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Parasites & Vectors

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