The two photographs above represent the posterior ends
of two different tick genera found in Kansas. One has festoons, and
the other does not. Which species of Kansas tick (below) fails to possess
festoons, and also has an anal groove anterior to the anus?
Amblyomma americanum
Dermacentor variabilis
Ixodes scapularis
Rhipicephalus sanguineus
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