0. erraticvts Lucas, l8/I^9; described from Algeria and now known in 

 "" Iran, Turkey, and throughout much of the European and African 

 Mediterranean area as well as in French West Africa, Kenya, 

 emd Uganda, This tick chiefly inhabits rodent burrows, some- 

 times lairs and dens of other animals, sjid pigsties. It also 

 may parasitize man, reptiles, toads, and birds. The very 

 extensive literature on 0, erraticus will be reviewed in 

 Volume II of this work, "" 



0, folevi Parrot, 1928; single female described from the Algerian 

 *" Sanara, Description repeated by Foley (1929J. A synonym of 

 0. foleyi is 0, franchinii Tonelli-Rondelli, 1930(B^ from 

 Libya; cf, Roubaud and Colas-Belcour (1931 ). As 0. lahorensis , 

 0, lahorensis group, or 0. franchinii from Libya by Franchini 

 Tl927,1928B,1932A,B,1933l,D,153U,i555A,1937) and Franchini 

 and Taddia (1930); in these reports, the general remarks and 

 those concerning fever in man as a result of bites do not apu 

 pear to be based on sound evidence; the '"biological differ- 

 ences'" (193AA) are pointless. Morphology and generic dis- 

 cussion (Warbiirton 1933); cf , remarks herein under Argas 

 brumpti (page 88^, Presence in Southeeistern Egypt (Hoogstraal 

 and kaiser 1956), Life cycle (Davis and Mavros 1956D). 



0. graingeri Heisch and Guggisberg, 1953(A); all stages described 

 " from coral cave near sea, Jfombasa, Life history (Heisch and 

 Harvey 1953 X Infected with spirochetes (Heisch 1953). 

 Parasitizing bats (Garnhajn and Heisch 1953). Parasitizing 

 porcupines and man (Heisch 1954A), Note: The actual date 

 of publication of this species is 8 January 1953 although 

 the volume nvimber is that of 1952, 



0, normandi Larrousse, 1923; all stages described, life cycle, from 

 rodent burrows in Tunisia. Iferphologic charaxjters and biology 

 (Colas-Belcotir 1928), Egg laying and hatching (Colas-Belcour 

 1929AJ. Spirochete studies by Nicolle, Anderson, and Golas- 

 Belcour (1927A,B,1928A,B,C ,D,1930). 



^0, pavimentosus Neumann, 1901; reported from Southwest Africa, 

 Synonymized under 0. savignyi by Theiler and Hoogstraal 



(1955). 7 



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