Cordurier, Buck, and Quesnel 1952. Hoocstraal 19535!. The 3. 

 " caudatus "' of Colas-Belcoior and Millot 19A.O may refer to this spe- 

 cies. iUnninj; 193^ refers all reports of B. decoloratus fro-i 

 1-Iadafjascar and other islands in this ,n,Toiip to B. riicroplus (= B. 

 f allax ). It appears that B. decoloratus has not established it_ 

 self in this archipelaco). MAUP.ITIU3 (De Charmoy 1915. .-foutia 

 and yiamet 1947. Fallot 194-3. Hoo^straal 1953E). REUNION 

 (Gillard 1949. Ploogstraal 1953E. The "'B. caudatus "- reported 

 by Neumann 1397 may refer to this species). COIIORES GROUP (llinninp 

 1934. Ilillot 1948. Hoogstraal 1953S). SEYCHELLES (Desai 195^). 



HOSTS 



All authors report domestic cattle as the chief host, '.'dnnintf 

 (1934) also noted specimens from a domest^ic horse and Theiler 

 (1943B) from domestic sheep and roats. Buck {l935,194oA,C ) found 

 'material on domestic sheep and Buck ajid Rajna.mbaj^afy (1950 ) on 

 domestic horses. The only vild animal known to have served as 

 a host in Africa is a lion (Theiler 1943B). 



Anastos (1950) reports chiefly domestic cattle but also a 

 variety of other domestic animals as hosts of B. microplus in 

 Indonesia. He noted that records from wild mammals and birds 

 and from domestic chickens are extant. 



BIOLOGY IN ETHIOPIAN AITO MALAGASY FAUNAL REGIONS 



Life Cycle 



This is a sin^jle host tick. Enr:orged females leave the host 

 from 35 to 149 days after having attached as larvae, and there 

 may be from two to three generations a year in South Africa 

 (Lounsbury 1905). 



Wilson (1946) observed no seasonal periodicity of adults in 

 Nyasadand. He found larvae with nymphs and adults on cattle only 

 once. Nymphs and adults were usually found together. Nymphs and 

 adults are almost constantly restricted to the udders, flanks, and 

 belly; larvae to the inner side of the ears of the host. 



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