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oval, black lined, dark-red Tick with beige-white scutum with 6 cervical groove dashes & faint central stripe; light leg patches - Dermacentor - female

oval, black lined, dark-red Tick with beige-white scutum with 6 cervical groove dashes & faint central stripe; light leg patches - Dermacentor - Female
Joshua Tree National Park (nothwest section), San Bernadino County, California, USA
April 26, 2013
Size: ~~ 3.5 mm (estimate)
Found crawling on a friend (Homo sapiens), in a canyon wash.
Is this an adult female Dermacentor hunteri, a 'Bighorn Sheep' Tick ?

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oval, black lined, dark-red Tick with beige-white scutum with 6 cervical groove dashes & faint central stripe; light leg patches - Dermacentor - female oval, black lined, dark-red Tick with beige-white scutum with 6 cervical groove dashes & faint central stripe; light leg patches - Dermacentor - female oval, black lined, dark-red Tick with beige-white scutum with 6 cervical groove dashes & faint central stripe; light leg patches - Dermacentor - female

Moved
Dermacentor yes. In general, and esp. the West, the spiracular plate (behind the last pair of legs) is an important morphologic feature for this genus.

Moved from ID Request.

 
Thanks for movin'm up, Blaine.
Yes, I realize that the spiricular plates are not visible.
I was nevertheless hoping that the visible characteristics provide enough information for ID confirmation.

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