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==Identification==
 
==Identification==
The adults ar dark-brown, and have fascicles and laciniae adapted for piercing skin and sucking blood.  They have large legs, containing resilin, adapted for jumping, and are laterally flattened, so they can easily move through the hair of the hosts.  The adults have rows of spines, known as 'combs' or 'ctenidia', which are very important in the identification process.  The first genal spine is 0.75 times the length of the second
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The adults are dark-brown, and have fascicles and laciniae adapted for piercing skin and sucking blood.  They have large legs, containing resilin, adapted for jumping, and are laterally flattened, so they can easily move through the hair of the hosts.  The adults have rows of spines, known as 'combs' or 'ctenidia', which are very important in the identification process.  The first genal spine is 0.75 times the length of the second
    
==Life Cycle==
 
==Life Cycle==
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