ARGAS (ARGAS ) FERSICUS (Oken, 1818). 



(Figures 15,16,27 and 28) 



THE POUI/TRY ARGAS CR FCWL TICK*. 



N Q cf EQUATCEIA PROVINCE RECORDS 



DISTRIBUTION IN THE SDDAN 



'■Throughout the Sudan* (King 1926). In addition to the above- 

 listed Equatoria Province records, two localities have been published 

 in the literature and I have seen specimens from the following places; 



Upper Nile ; Malakal (HH). 



Bahr El Ghazal ; Wau (SVS; HH). 



Blue Nile ; Kosti, Wad el Nail near Singa, Wad Medani (all SQC). 

 '•Blue ^iile tiistricts" (Archibald 1923). 



Kassala ; Suakin (SX). 



Kordofan ; Delami (SQC). 



Darfur ; Fasher (SVS). 



Khartoxm ; KhartoTim (SQC, SVS, Gordon College collection, HH), 

 Ondurman (HH). See also Balfour (1906,1907, 1908B,19O9,1910,1911A, 

 B,C,D,E,G,1912) for spirochete studies on A. persicus from Khartoum. 



Northern ; Dongola (Neumann 1901). Wadi Haifa, Abu Hamed, At- 

 bara, Ed Damer (HH), 



»In South Africa, called '"The Fowl Tampan!" (Theiler 1952A,B), 



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