Published July 26, 2024 | Version v1
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FIGURE 4. Haemaphysalis mariae n in Description of a new species of Haemaphysalis Koch, 1844 (Acari: Ixodidae), a parasite of hares and rabbits (Lagomorpha: Leporidae) in Texas, Oklahoma and Colorado (USA), that was misidentified as H. leporispalustris (Packard, 1869) for more than a century

Authors/Creators

  • 1. United States National Tick Collection, the James H. Oliver, Jr. Institute for Coastal Plain Science, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Georgia 30460-7982, USA & Department of Biology, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Georgia 30460, USA

Description

FIGURE 4. Haemaphysalis mariae n. sp., scanning electron micrographs of female (Camp Bullis, Bexar, Texas, USA, USNMENT 01784410, paratype). A, Idiosoma, dorsal view; B, Scutum, dorsal view; C, Scutum, dorsolateral view; D, Idiosoma showing scutum and alloscutum with punctations and setae, dorsal centrolateral area; E, Genital aperture, ventral view; F, Genital aperture, ventrolateral view. Scale-bars: A–C, 0.2 mm; D–F, 0.1 mm.

Notes

Published as part of Apanaskevich, Dmitry A., 2024, Description of a new species of Haemaphysalis Koch, 1844 (Acari: Ixodidae), a parasite of hares and rabbits (Lagomorpha: Leporidae) in Texas, Oklahoma and Colorado (USA), that was misidentified as H. leporispalustris (Packard, 1869) for more than a century, pp. 435-450 in Zootaxa 5486 (3) on page 442, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5486.3.6, http://zenodo.org/record/13210062

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