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Identification
confirmed by Health Protection Agency
Tick Recording Scheme
staff on 23rd March 2009
Some general photos and identifying features
"Questing"
Hyalomma marginatum marginatum
Adult male, length 5.2 mm, collected 14 March 2009
from an animal 48 hours back from Portugal
"Head-on"
Side view-ish
The long external spur on Coxa 1
Sub-rectangular basis
No basal spur on palps
Eyes "lightened"
Eye
Male genital aperture
Anal groove and sclerotised adanal plates
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