Table I.

Morphometric data of male of Ixodes festai (4 specimens measured).

		Dimensions (mm) or ratio
	Measure N	Mean	Min	Max
Length of idiosome along the median longitudinal axis	1	1.3	1.2	1.4
Max width at peritremes	2	0.9	0.9	0.9
Length of scutum along the median longitudinal axis	3	1.2	1.2	1.3
Max width of dorsal scutum	4	0.7	0.7	0.7
Distance between scapulae	5	0.3	0.3	0.3
Max length of basis capituli along the median longitudinal axis	6	0.2	0.2	0.2
Max length of basis capituli at cornua	7	0.2	0.2	0.2
Distance between cornua	8	0.2	0.2	0.2
Max length of hypostome	9	0.2	0.2	0.2
Max width of hypostome	10	0.1	0.1	0.1
Max length of palp segment II along the median axis	11	0.1	0.1	0.1
Max length of palp article III along the median axis	12	0.2	0.1	0.2
Max width of palps	13	0.1	0.1	0.1
Ratio of width of palp to length of its II segment		1:1	1:0.9	1:1.1
Ratio of width of palp to length of its III segment		1:1.2	1:1.2	1:1.2
Length of tarsus I	16	0.4	0.4	0.4
Width of tarsus I	17	0.1	0.1	0.1
Width to length ratio of tarsus I		1:3.7	1:3.5	1:4.1
Longitudinal diameter of ring of anal valve	19	0.1	0.1	0.1
Longitudinal diameter of peritreme	20	0.2	0.2	0.2