The Genera Boophilus Rhipicephalus and Haemaphysalis (Ixodidae ...

SHIELDS: Paired shields outside the adanal shields in males of
ACCESSORY
and Rhipicephalus.
Boophilus
SHIELDS: Paired ventral shields near the anus in males of Boophilus
ADANAL
Rhipicephalus.
and
PROCESS: On coxa I in Boophilus; the attenuated anterior extension
ANTERIOR
in ventral and dorsal views in males,
visible
A distinct articulated portion of a leg or palpus. In the leg, the sequence
ARTICLE:
articles is indicated by names, trochanter, femur, tibia, metatarsus, and tarsus.
of
the palpus the sequence is indicated by Arabic numerals 1, 2, 3, and 4, being
In
proximal article.
the
CAPITULI: The basal portion of the capitulum which is movably articulated
BASIS
the body and to
which the mouth parts are
attached. Often abbreviated to
With
"basis".
The movable anterior portion of the body including the mouth parts.
CAPITULUM:
cases the process was fully developed.
GROOVES: The pair of grooves or depressions on the anterior part
CERVICAL
the scutum of adults, nymphs, and larvae, starting near the emargination and
of
caudad.
extending
The apical portion of the hypostome which is differentiated from the
CORONA:
by having very small denticles which may be numerous or few in
remainder
number.
The sclerotized portions COXAE: plates on the renter to which the legs are
or.
attached; their sequence from anterior to posterior is indicated by
movably
numerals I, II, III, and IV.
Roman
SPURS: Large or
small, long or short projections usually on the posterior
CO'XAL
of the coxae. Spurs may be only short, salient elevations on or near the
margins
edge. The one on the median side is the internal spur, that on
the
posterior
side the external spur. When the inner spur is replaced by a
lobe, it is
outer
spoken of as a spur. In Haemaphysalis there may be a single spur near the
still
of the posterior margin, and it is denoted a middle spur.
middle
Marked with minute cracks or crazing.
CRAZED:
The recurved "teeth" on the ventral side of the hypostome. See
DENTICLES:
hypostome.
In all stages of Ixodidae, the excavation, more or less pronounced,
EMARGINATION:
between the scapulae of the scutum.
More or less rectangular areas separated by. grooves, along the posterior
FESTOONS:
submarginal area of the dorsum in both sexes. In Haemaphysalis, present
on nymphs and larvae.
APERTURE: The external evidence of the genital organs found on
GENITAL
ventral median line posterior to the capitulum. Absent in nymphs and larvae.
the
GROOVE: A long groove beginning near the genital aperture and extending
GENITAL
toward, or to the posterior margin.
GROOVE: A semicircular groove posterior to the anus present in some
ANAL
genera.
ARTICULATION: The joining,
movable or fixed,, between articles.
"head" or "false head" of some authors.
The
PROCESS: Process on the extremity of males in Boophilus and Rhipi-
CAUDAL
Some writers have indicated that this process appears only after feedincephalus.
of the tick" but the writer has repeatedly seenmales of microplus still enclosed
within the nymphal shell, and in all
also