HAEMAPHYSALIS ACICULIFffi Warburton, 1913. 



(Figures 128 to 131) 



THE SHARP-SPURRED HA34APHYSALID 



L N 5 c? BlUATORIA PROVINCE RBCCRDS 



1 Lotti Forest Praoiiys tullbergi sudanensis Apr 



1 Torit Lemniscomys striatus massaicus Dec 



1 2 Torit Ovirebia ourebi aequatoria Apr 

 1 Torit Alcelaphus buselaphiis 



roosevelti Apr 



2 Atiambo 



(Alvingwe) Alcelaphus buselaphtis subspp. Jim (SGC) 

 ("several") Mviragatika Kobus deTassa subspp. A\ig 



(Weber 194-8) 

 1 Nagichot domestic cattle Jill 



Lotti Forest is at ^^.500 feet elevation and Nagichot is at 

 6500 feet elevation. Weber's (19A-8) report is the only previous 

 one of this species from the Siadan. 



DISTRIBUTION IN THE SUDAN 



Bahr El Ghazal: All from tiang, Damaliscus koiTigian tiang , 1953, 

 ^> 2$§, 13 miles north of Toni, March, E. T. M. Reid legit (with 

 adults of Amblyomma yariegattim ) . /(C^, 795 , GaluaL-Nyang Forest , 

 July, N. A. Hancock legit . Material in HH collection. 



DISTRIBUTION 



H. aciculifer ranges across Africa in scattered highlands and 

 forests from Bahr El Ghazal Province south to Mozambique. It has 

 been transported on cattle to the Union of South Africa, where it 

 has become established locally (Theiler 194-50). 



WEST AFRICA t NIGERIA (Unsworth 194-9,1952. Gambles 1951). 

 GOLD COAST (Simpson 19U. Nuttall and Warburton 1915). 



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