ARGAS (CHIROPTERARGAS ) BOUETI Roubaud and Colas-Belcour, 1933. 



(Figures 23,2^,33, and 34^ 

 THE LONCLIEGGED BAT_ARGAS. 



L N 9 cf EQUATQRIA PROVIICE RECCRDS 



L, 1 Sunat Taphozous perforatus haedinus Feb 



7 Torit RhinolopHus lobatus Jan 



These are the only records of this species from the Sudan, 



DISTRIBUTION 



Arga3 boueti is known from scattered localities in Africa as 

 far south as Transvaal and is also present in the Near East. A 

 tick apparently of drier areas, which has been widely spread by 

 its chiropteran hosts, the long-legged bat_argas is obviously inore 

 frequent than present meagre records indicate (Hoogstraal 1955B). 

 ^■/hether North Africa, the Near East, or the Ethiopian Faunal Region 

 is its origin is difficult to determine from evidence at hand, 



NCRTH AFRICA ; EGYPT (Hoogstraal 1952A,195U,1955BX 



WEST AFRICA ; FRENCH WEST AFRICA (Roubaud and Colas-Belcour 

 1933. Hoogstraal 1955B), 



CEimiAL AFRICA ; FRENCH EQUATCRIAL AFRICA (Hoogstraal 1955B), 



EAST AFRICA ; SUDAN (Hoogstraal 1952A,195AB,1955B). 



KENYA (Heisch 1951B. Hoogstraal 1955B). 



SOUTHERN AFRICA ; ANGOLA (Hoogstraal 1955B). UNION OF SOUTH 

 AFRICA (Hoogstraal 1955B. Subsequently, Dr. Sumpt has sent me 

 additional specimens from Tzaneen, Tremsvaal), 



NEAR EAST ; Palestine (Hoogstraal 195U,1955B), 



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