Service Publication [School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, the University of Sydney], Issue 6

Amblyomma anal grooves anteriorly anus apex Aust AW PW SB base basis capituli bite broad as long Bulolo capitulum cephalothorax cervical grooves cheliceræ chitinized ciliated colour concave convex side coxa coxæ ii-iv curved dentition distal Dorsal scutum Dorsal setæ dorsum external female festoons Figure front genital gnathosoma Guinea Gunther hairs Hirst hypostome Ixodes Ixodoidea labium larva larvæ lateral margins Legs length LXVII male Mandibles marginal groove maxilla median metatarsus middle mites narrow Neoschöngastia Neumann nude seta numerous nymph oval pair Palpi palps PL Sens PL setæ plate porose areas posterior angle posterior border posterior margin posteriorly postero-lateral Pseudostigmata punctations rounded rows as follows Scutal setæ segment Sensillæ slender slightly species specimens spider spines spiracle spur standard data stout stout spur straight tapering tarsi tarsus tarsus iv teeth tibia tibiæ tick Trans transverse triangular trochanters Trombicula Venter ventral ventral aspect vulva width Womersley and Heaslip