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How do cattle-tick and brown-dog-tick structures differ?
Specialists compare mouthparts, festoons and the anal groove when distinguishing related hard-tick groups.
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Why specialists examine more than colour
The diagram compares the head region and posterior underside of representative hard ticks. Festoons and anal-groove placement are among the characters used with other evidence.