Rhipicephalus sanquineus entire left mouthparts right Legend b

Rhipicephalus sanquineus: entire (left); mouthparts (right). Legend: b, basis capitulum; c, capitulum; ch, chelicera; p, palp. Note lateral extension of basis capitulum (arrows), characteristic of this genus. [Rhip 1] ch p c b

Rhipicephalus sanquineus: entire (left); mouthparts (right). Legend: b, basis capitulum; c, capitulum; ch, chelicera; p, palp. Note lateral extension of basis capitulum (arrows), characteristic of this genus. [Rhip 2] ch c p p i o c b c = capitulum; i, idiosoma; p, podosoma; o, opisthosoma.

Rhipicephalus sp. hypostome: female (left); male (right). [Rhip 3]

Rhipicephalus sanquineus; box in A enlarged in B. Note numerous spines (arrows) projecting from palps (p) toward mid-line of hypostome (h). [Rhip 4] B A h p

Rhipicephalus sanquineus: bifid coxa I. [Rhip 5]

Rhipicephalus sp. , male. A, entire; B, spiracle; C, gonopore. [Rhip 6] A B C 200 um

Rhipicephalus sp. , female. A, entire; B, gonopore. [Rhip 7] A B 200 um

Rhipicephalus sanquineus; mid-line of body from anus to gonopore (box in A enlarged in B). Legend: a, anus; ad, adanal shield; ag, anal groove; as, accessory adanal shield; IV, coxa IV; f, festoons; g, gonopore; gg, genital groove; m, median plate. [Rhip 8] B g A m gg IV a as ag f ad

Rhipicephalus sanquineus; gonopore (between coxae II). Legend: cx 1, bifid coxa I; cx 2, coxa II. [Rhip 9] cx 1 cx 2

Rhipicephalus sanquineus; anus. Legend: ad, adanal shield; ag, anal groove; as, accessory adanal shield (after Nuttal, 1911, Ticks: A Monograph of the Ixodoidea, Part II, p. 122; fide’ Kettle, Medical and Veterniary Entomology. [Rhip 10] ag as ad