The Genera Boophilus Rhipicephalus and Haemaphysalis (Ixodidae ...

MICROPLUS (CANESTRINI), 1887
BOOPHILUS
4AND 5
FIGURES
ftaemaphysalis micropla Canestrini, p. 104. Original description.
1887.
Rhipicephalus micropla (Canestrini), p. 493.
1890.
Rhipicephalus annulatus (Say): Neumann, p. 407.
1897.
Rhipicephalus a.utrMis Fuller, pp. 389-394.
1899.
Boophilus gust'rails (Fuller): Stiles and Hassell, pp. 2-3.
1901.
Boophilus australis (Fuller): Salmon and Stiles, p. 426.
1901.
Rhipicephalus annulgtus vat. microplus (Canestrini) Neumann, p. 280.
1901.
Margaropus micropla (Canestrini) Neumann, p. 49. Synonymy and 1911. the says
Margaropus annulatus australis (Fuller) Hooker et al., p. 117.
1912.
Margaropus annulatus australis. (Fuller): Bishopp, 1913. 366. p.
Uroboophilus cyclops Minning, p. 35. Original description.
1934.
Uroboophilus micropIus (Canestrini) Minning, 1934. 33. p.
BoophiIus (Uroboophilus) microplus (Canestrini): Osorno-Mesa, 1941. 429.
p.
Boophilus annulctus microplus (Canestrini) Travis, 1941. 465-467.
pp.
1943. Boophilus microplus (Canestrini): Fairchild, p. 586.
to 2.85 width from 1.14 to 1.50. Long oval. Scutum occupying about
2.34
the total length. Median and posterolateral grooves present. Mar-
half
groove absent. Venter with genital and postanal median grooves
ginal
Hairs present on dorsal and ventral surfaces but absent in all
present.
Fully engorged specimens may be as large as 13.0 by 9.0 and are
grooves.
wider and thicker behind.
oval,
Length from tip of palpi to posterior margin, about 0.45
Capitulum.
from 0.62 to 0.66. (The palpi are mildly protrusile, hence measure-
width
of length are not entirely dependable.) Hexagonal. Cornua as
ments
corners (variable). Dorsal surface with two longitudinal valleys
rounded
traverse the porose areas. Porose areas oval, mildly convex, with
which
axes diagonal. Palpal article 1 not visible above. Inner edge of
longer
2 either in one continuous convex curve or mildly notchednear
article
middle, the notch when present leading to a transverse dorsal crease,
the
may or may not extend to the outer side of the article.
which
ventral view, basis is subreniform with posterior margin salient.
In
article 1 absent. Articles 2 and 3 with the posterior salient edges
Palpal
into the median margin; postero-inner edges of 2 and 3 some-
continuing
extended into mild diagonal lobes.
times
Short, broad, mildly notched apically; denticles, five Hypostome. or
in each file and occupying about three-fifths of the total length.
six
about 0.30.
l_cngth,
species is
very probably* M. annulatus australis.
FEMALE
Body.
Unengorged, length from tip of palpi to posterior margin, from
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