Records from Egypt (Neumann 1896,1901,1911), without question 

 erroneous, are probably based on mistaken identity of 0, savignyi , 

 or possibly on mixed locality labels (Hoogstraal 1954A1. Halawani 

 (19A6) stated that although 0, moubata was supposed to be common 

 in Egypt, he could not find "specimens in houses, Yakoub (194-5) 

 also noted its absence here. 



According to Petrie (1939), the eyeless tampan is widespread 

 in the Yemen (Arabia) (copied by American Geographical Society 

 195i+,1955). From experience in the Yemen (Hoogstraal 1952C and 

 ms., Girolarai 1952, Mount 1953) it is questionable whether it is 

 present there at all, to say nothing of being widely distributed,^/ 



HOSTS 



Introduction 



Man is frequently attacked and is probably the chief host of 

 0, moubata . Warthogs and a few other wild animals that inhabit 

 Targe burrows, and domestic pigs appear to be the only other fair- 

 ly common hosts of this tick. Incidentally, it should be noted 

 that frequent textbook assertions that larvae feed are incorrect 

 (see Life Cycle below). 



Most laboratory animals including chickens serve as experi- 

 mental hosts. Different "strains" may have different laboratory 

 feeding habits, "burrow-haunting" populations being more difficult 

 to induce to feed in the laboratory than those from domestic 

 habitations (Heisch 195AC). 



Human Hosts 



The major portion of the literature concerning the eyeless 

 tampsin refers to its parasitism of human beings. Indication of 

 this may be found in the section on Ecology below; specialized 

 features of this problem will be considered in the forthcoming 

 volume on tick- borne diseases. 



Domestic Itomnal Hosts 



From the prevalence of records of attacks on domestic pigs 

 in South Africa (Bedford 1936), Nyasaland (Wilson 19A3,1950B), 



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