15. Adanal shields sickleshaped. Three middle festoons may protrude. Posterő- Adanal shields unusually wide, with 16. Lateral grooves replaced by a line of Lateral grooves present. Other charac 17. Posteromedian and paramedian grooves wide and deep (like those of R. s. sanguineus). Adanal shields typical ly broadly triangular (like those of R. s. sanguineus) but may be reduced to a pseudosickleshape. Punctations deep, dense, medium to large, some confluent; fewer laterally.. Posteromedian and paramedian grooves ..R. S. SENEGALENSIS Figures 305 and 306 .R. CUSPIDATUS Figures 257 and 258 .R. KOCHI Figures 269 and 270 ..17 .R. SULCATUS Figures 309 and 310 ..18 18. Scutal punctations uniformly shallow, small or medium size, dense and close everywhere except in scapular areas, on festoons, outside lateral margins, and in narrow area just inside lateral margins. Posteromedian and paramedian grooves vague or obsolete. Adanal shields typically sickleshape (reduced in small specimens).... Scutal punctations uniformly large, deep, dense but not contiguous in central area, variable in size in cervical area, fewer laterally. Posteromedian and paramedian grooves long and narrow. Adanal shields broadly triangular but with rounded margins, inner margin slightly con cave and more or less pointed at juncture with posterior margin, other junctures rounded... .R. LONGUS Figures 277 and 278 .R. COMPOSITUS Figures 253 and 254 FEMALES 1. Eyes convex or hemispherical, distinctly furrowed or in a depression... Eyes flat or slightly rounded.. 2. Eyes small, hemispherical, in a depres sion ("orbited"). Scutum with broadly rounded posterior margin; punctations dense, large and medium size, extending to lateral margins. Body reddish, legs saffron, scutum dark.... Eyes moderate, convex, with an en- 3. Palpi markedly conical in outline. .2 .3 .R. E. EVERTSI Figures 267 and 268 ..R. PRAVUS Figures 287 and 288 .R. ARNOLDI ..4 ..5 .9 5. Punctations exceptionally rugose, dense; cervical fields markedly reticulate....... Punctations not exceptionally rugose; cervical fields mildly or nonreticulate... 6. Lateral grooves lacking; scutum slight ly wider than long; numerous moderate size punctations onto lateral ridges... Lateral grooves present and distinct.. 7. Scutum no longer than or not so long as wide; posterior margin bluntly rounded; numerous large punctations; lateral ridges extending to posterior margin, raised, wide, glossy, mostly impunctate.. Scutum longer than wide; lateral ridges not markedly raised or glossy; with some punctations on lateral ridges.. 8. Scutal punctations fairly large, deep, and uniform, dense, evenly distributed between lateral ridges, fewer on lateral ridges and beside lateral grooves; pos terior margin gradually rounded, non sinuous. Large tick... Scutal punctations mixed medium to large .R. SUPERTRITUS Figures 315 and 316 ..6 .R. KOCHI Figures 271 and 272 .7 .R. COMPOSITUS Figures 255 and 256 ..8 ...R. LONGUS Figures 279 and 280 ..R. SULCATUS Figures 311 and 312 9. Punctations inconspicuous, obsolete Punctations conspicuous, rare to 10. Scutum with notably few, moderate or large, scattered punctations in central field.. Scutum with moderate to large number of 11. Lateral grooves typically long and distinct (frequently reduced in R. s. simus, see page 752).. Lateral grooves absent or typically 12. This and the following subspecies cannot be distinguished with certainty. Size moderate. Scutal posterior margin usually somewhat sinuous; punctations restricted to few of moderate size but deep, distinct, and widely scattered; interstitials normally few, rare, inconspicuous, sometimes fairly numerous but small and superficial.. Size fairly large. Other characters as .R. SIMPSONI Figures 299 and 300 ..10 ..11 ...16 ...12 ..13 .R. SIMUS SIMUS Figures 303 and 304 .R. SIMUS SENEGALENSIS |