FIGURE 28. Ixodes rio n in Description of eight new species of Ixodes Latreille, 1795 (Acari: Ixodidae) and redescription of I. auritulus Neumann, 1904, parasites of birds in the Australasian, Nearctic and Neotropical Regions

FIGURE 28. Ixodes rio n. sp., scanning electron micrographs of female (Alto do Itatiaia, Serra do Itatiaia, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, USNMENT 00987157, paratype). A, Idiosoma, dorsal view; B, Scutum, dorsal view; C, Scutum, dorsolateral view; D, Alloscutal setae in central area of alloscutum; E, Alloscutal setae in area of alloscutum medial to marginal grooves; F, Idiosoma, ventral view. Scale-bars: A, F, 0.5 mm; B, C, 0.2 mm; D, E, 0.05 mm. SEMs by D.A. Apanaskevich