DERMACENTCR CIRCMGUTTATUS CIRCIMGUTTATUS Neumann, 1897. 



(Figures 120 to 123) 

 THE EIEPHANT DEm-IACEITTCR 



1 N $ c? ECiUATCBIA PROVINCE KECOBD 



1 1 Kajo Kaji on grass Dec (BMmi) 



British l-hiseum (Natural History) specimens, collected by- 

 Captain C. H. Stigand in the early 1900*s. are the only ones 

 extant from the Svidan (Hoogstraa.1 195^B»C), This is the most 

 northern and eastern record for the occurrence of the rare West 

 African elephant dermacentor. It is vinlikely to be found else- 

 where in the Sudan other than on the west bank of Equatoria 

 Province and possibly in Bahr El Ghazal Province. 



DISTRIBUTION 



D. c. c ircumguttatus , a Central and West African elephant 

 parasite^ extends into East Africa only so far as the western 

 parts of Uganda and the Sudan. In Mozambique, a separate sub- 

 species is tentatively recognized on the basis of somewhat larger 

 size and more irregular spotting. 



WEST AERICA ; LIBERIA (Bequaert 193 OA). SIERRA lEONE (Simpi. 

 son l^nr^ TVCRY COAST (Rousselot 1951,1953B). 



CENTRAL AFRICA ; CAl'EROONS (Neiomann 1901. Ziemann 1905. 

 Rageau 1951,1953A,B). FREICH EQUATCRIAL AFRICA (Neumann 1897. 

 Tonelli-Rondelli 193QA. Rousselot 1951,1953B. Rageau 1953B). 

 BELGIAN CONGO (Neiomann 1897. Nuttall and Warburton 1916. Schwetz 

 1927A,B,C. Schouteden 1929. Bequaert 1930A,B,1931. TonellL. 

 Rondelli 1930A. Rodhain 1936. Fain 19/V9» Schoenaers 1951A. 

 Theiler and Robinson 195^). 



NOTE: According to Theiler (correspondence), the record for 

 Ruanda-Urundi by Santos Dias (195AD) is incorrect, 



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