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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
and the species and subspecies of this group could retard subgenera, and lead to probable errors. The present author has decided development disregard for: the present the :new subgenera of Minning, synonymize to (from Central America), and suspend judgment on new species cyclops subspecies from other countries. Some of these species and subspecies and are lacking in our collection. 10
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Page 7 and 8: SHIELDS: Paired shields outside the
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Page 13 and 14: 2. B.oophilus annulatus (Say). A. F
Page 15 and 16: Length from tips of palpi to poster
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Page 19 and 20: 4. Boophilus microplus (Canestrini)
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Page 25 and 26: 6 AN 7 FIGURES Ixodes sanguineus La
Page 27 and 28: 7. Rhitn'cephalus sanguineus (Latre
Page 29 and 30: oval and measure 3.5 by 2.15. broad
Page 31 and 32: Rhipistoma Koch, p. 239. (.Neumann
Page 33 and 34: 8. Haemaphysalis leporis-palusfris
Page 35 and 36: Coxa I with internal spur large, ro
Page 37 and 38: It is probable that the other rabbi
Page 39 and 40: 10. Haemaphysalis chordeilis (Packa
Page 41 and 42: Oval, widest back .of the middle. C
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Page 45 and 46: Haemaphysalis kochiArago, p. 3-6 (r
Page 47 and 48: Coxa I with a short, rounded, inter
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