The Genera Boophilus Rhipicephalus and Haemaphysalis (Ixodidae ...

Boophilus Curtice. Name Boophilus used without description.
1890.
Boophilus Curtice, p. 317. Original description.
1891.
Boophilus Curtice: Salmon and Stiles, p. 419. Description, synonymy, and
1901.
bibliography.
Margaropus Karsch: Neumann, p.. 223. Makes Boophilus a synonym of
1907.
Margaropus.
Margaropus Karsch:Banks, p. 35.
1908.
Boophilus Curtice" Nuttall and Warburton, p. 124.
1911.
Margaropus Karsch: Hooker et al., p. 111.
1912.
Boophilus Curtice Minning, p. 11.
1934.
Boophilus Curtice: Osorno-Mesa, p. 428.
1941.
Boophilus Curtice: Mackie et al., p. 536.
1945.
sclerotized. Inornate, with eyes but without festoons. Anal
Lightly
obsolete in female, faint in male. Basis capituli definitely
groove
(in front of the lateral points) never marginate at the sides.
portion
with dentition 3/3 or 4/4. Palpi short, when apposed not
Hypostome
absent on the sclerotized spots, present or absent on the small plates;
hairs
with a small, retrograde ligula. All palpal articulations movable (not
or
and 2, is a band of soft tissue causing the palpus to become mildly
1
Female scutum small. Male scutum extending the full length
protrusile.
tarsi with terminal ventral spurs.
Coxa I with one or
genus. Boophilus (and the distinct genus Martgaropus ) are onehost
The
ticks and probably originated on ungulates long before the coming
phylogenetic group and show relation-
to R.hipicephalus and Anocentor.
ships
knowledge of the systematics of the Ixodoidea is
Our
GENUS BOOPHILUS CURTICE 1891
hexagonal or in male sometimes lacking lateral points
(angles); anterior
over the chelicerae; articles 2 and 3 with transverse ridges
meeting
on dorsal and lateral surfaces. Palpal article 1 absent or re-
continuous
duced to sclerotized spot or plate, which, if
present, is on the inner edge;
though the degree of movement between 2 and 3 is slight. The
fixed)
between basis and article 1, as well as that between articles
articulation
of the body. Adanal and accessory shields present.
spurs and with a long anterior process (in male) coxae II, III, and
two
with two, one, or no spurs. Spiracular plate oval or subcircular. All
IV
Male caudal process present or absent.
Genotype: Boophilus annulatus
(Say).
of modern man. We should not be too much influenced by the less
important
records of these ticks
taken from animals other than ungulates.
They const,itute a rather distinct
far from com-
and emphasis should be placed on facilitating, not confusing,
plete,
studies of these ticks. To continue to use questionable new genera,
future