RHIPIlCEPHAIgS FMCATUS Neumann, 1908, is a synonym of R. longus 



Nexunann, 1907 (Zumpt 19^426, 195QA.). R. fsacatus was listed by 

 King (1926) from the Sijdaii, Specimens in Sudan Government 

 collections identified as this species by "King refer actuaL. 

 ly to R. longiis , R. super tritus , R. simus senegalensis , and 

 R, san'juineus sanguineus . R. falcatus was originally rather 

 vaguely described for the complex group in which it faLLls, 

 and frequently the name heis been used indiscriminately, 



RfflPICEPHAUJS UMJIATUS Neumann, 1907. This name was losed (Hoog- 

 straal 195AB; on the basis of Santos Dias» (195CD,1952C) 

 assertion that this is a valid species, distinct from R, 

 tricuspis Donitz, 1906, Dr. G, Theiler, however, has "studied 

 this question so thoroughly (1955 correspondence) and con- 

 firmed her earlier findings (1947) so convincingly that R, 

 lunulatus is herein used in synonyny under R. tricuspis ," 



RHIPICEPHAUJS MACROPIS Schulze, 1936(C) is a synor^nn of R. san , 

 guineus sanguineus Latreille, 1806, according to Ztimpt 

 1(195 QA J, The original specimens of R. macro pis came from 

 dogs in Port Svdan (Svdan) ajid Aden "(Arabia/, 



RHIPICEPHA3JJS PUMSTATISSIMUS Gerst'^cker, 1873, is a synonym of 

 R. sanguineus sanguineus Latreille, 1806, according to 

 2umpt (195QAJ. R. punctatis simus was listed by King (1908, 

 1911) from the Sudani Santos Dias (1952H,1953A,B) considers 

 this to be a subspecies of R. sanguineus , and to be the same 

 as R, sulcatus , but he has not examined type material or 

 reared series, 



(?) RHIPICEPHALPS SHIPIEYI Neumann, 1902. Type locality: '•Soudan" 

 possibly meaning Anglo-Egyptian Svidan (or '"French Soudeiri*, 

 i,e, French Eq\iatorial Africa), Zumpt (194.3A,195QA) has 

 synonymized R, shipleyi under R, s, simus Koch, 18^4, 



RHIPICEPHAIPS SUICATUS Neumann, 1908. The material on which King's 

 (1926 j report of this species in the Sudan was based has pro- 

 ven upon comparison with Dr. Theiler *s reared series of R. 

 sulcatus and large numbers of other specimens to be heavily 

 punctate individuals of R. s. sanguineus . R. sulcatus is 

 known, however, by a few''more recent specimens from the Svidan, 



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