SPECIES ATTRIBUTED IN ERRCR TO THE SUDAN 



(RNITHCDCIIOS I^OJINI (D\iges) (now Otobius megnini). Balfour (1906) 

 stated: "Mrs, Broiui .... recognized the spinose nymph of the 

 ear tick, Ornithodoms Megnini from the Sudari*. 



There is little doubt that this was an erroneoiis identi- 

 fication, 0. megnini , listed for the Sudan (King 1911), was 

 considered an "error by King (1926), Nevertheless, the possi- 

 bility that this species may be introduced into the Sudan 

 should be considered, A tick infesting the ears of cattle, 

 it has been introduced into South Africa (Bedford 1925,1932B) 

 from America, It has also established itself in Nyasaland 

 (Wilson 1950B), Northern Rhodesia (Morris 1933), Southern 

 Rhodesia (Jack 19A2), southern Belgian Congo (Schoenaers 1950, 

 1951A), and on Madagascar (Ef&ck 1948B, Hoogstraal 1953E). 



AMBIZaflA HEBRAEUM Koch, 18^. listed for the Sudan (King 1911) 

 but later deleted (King 1926), 



This species does not occur in the Sudan, EM(l'ffl) files 

 contain records of A, hebraeum from the S\idan (H. H. King 

 legit , 1911), but corresponding specimens cannot be located 

 in the collection, A specimen tube in the same institution 

 contains material of both A. variegatum and A, hebraeum and 

 a label (in Hirst *s handwriting ) identif ying^them as such. 

 Another almost illegible label in the vial reads "Taufikia, 

 Sudan, 1909, H. H. King"", There is a remote chance that the 

 A, hebraeum specimens were removed from imported cattle but 

 it is more likely that these are South African specimens 

 that were somehow mixed with Sudan specimens. Museum records 

 show that the specimens were presented by members of the 

 Committee for Entomological Research, 



A note by Nuttall in his collection logbook states that 

 the A, variegatum-hebraeum df King (1911 ) is A. lepidum . 



AFONOtm lAEVE Neumann, 1899, Listed from the Sudan by King (1911 

 Si3 1926;, This is a non-African species name (Theiler 195^B), 

 The species in the Stidan is actually A, latum (Koch, 18^4). 



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