. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). MITES ASSOCIATED WITH RODENTS IN ISRAEL 15 barbed. Setae J5 are less than half the length of setae Z5. The shield has a distinct double margin and it is well sculptured, mainly on its anterior part. The tritosternum is very distinct and its laciniae are feathered. The presternal area is ornamented and the anterior margin of the sternal shield may be indistinct. The sternal shield is 150-180 /< long (at mid-Une) and 225-250 // wide (at the level of the second setae). The anterior margin is practically straight, the posterior margin is marke
. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). MITES ASSOCIATED WITH RODENTS IN ISRAEL 15 barbed. Setae J5 are less than half the length of setae Z5. The shield has a distinct double margin and it is well sculptured, mainly on its anterior part. The tritosternum is very distinct and its laciniae are feathered. The presternal area is ornamented and the anterior margin of the sternal shield may be indistinct. The sternal shield is 150-180 /< long (at mid-Une) and 225-250 // wide (at the level of the second setae). The anterior margin is practically straight, the posterior margin is markedly concave and emarginate in various degrees. The anterior pores are. Figs. 19-20. Haemolaelaps hirsti Keegan, female. Fig. 19, dorsum. Fig. 20, venter. parallel to the anterior margin of the shield, the posterior pores have a distinct outward slant. The shield is only very faintly ornamented and its surface seems to be granulated. The sternal setae are very long, the first setae are only slightly shorter than the second and third setae which are of equal length. The metasternal setae are slightly less than half the length of the third sternal setae. The genital shield is only weakly sclerotized, it does not expand posteriorly to the genital setae. The genital setae are elongated and may almost reach the posterior margin of the shield. The metapodal shields are elongate-oval. The anal shield is fairly triangular, it is 173-183 // long and 160-173 /i wide. The paranal setae are usually of the same length as the postanal seta, in some specimens they appear to be longer. The number of setae inserted on the ventral membrane is 17-20 pairs (it may be higher in more compressed specimens), some of the setae, mainly the postero-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Museum (Natural History). Lond
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