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A NEW SPECIES OF TICK FOUND ON SHREWS*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

J. D. Gregson
J. D. Gregson
Affiliation:
Dominion Entomological Laboratory, Kamloops, B. C.
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FEMALE. Dimensions of unengorged holotype–1.2 mm. (to tip of scapula) x .78 mm. Colour–pale, dirty white, engorged specimens pale and yellowish.

Capitulum. Length 340 microns (tip of hypostome io dorsal ridge); width (at cornua) 300 microns. Surface of basis capituli smooth and impunctate. Cornua heavily chitinized but not prominent.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 74 , Issue 8 , August 1942 , pp. 137 - 139
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1942

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References

* Contribution No. 2152, Division of Entomology, Science Service, Department of Agriculture, Ottawa, Canada.