HAMAPHYSALIS HOODI HOODI Warburton and Nuttall, 1909. 



(Figtires 136 to 139) 



THE AFRICM AVIAN HAaiAPHYSALID 



L N 9 c? BiUATORIA PROVINCE RBCCRDS 



1 Torit Franc olinus clappertoni gedgil Dec 

 2 Torit Sphenorhj-nchiis abdimii" Jan 



In Torit District, we closely examined over 200 each francdlins 

 and Uganda tufted guineafowl (NuMda meleagris major ), and many 

 other birds, without finding additional specimens of this tick. It 

 would appear, therefore, that H. hoodi hoodi is uncommon in the 

 savannah of eastern Sudan. "" 



DISTRIBUTION IN THE SUDAN 



Bahr El Ghazal ; One 5 from tchagra shrike, Tchagra senegalo 

 remigialis . Guar, Gogrial Subdistrict. February, 1953, Ahmed 

 Mohamed El Sayed legit (HH collection). 



This and the Torit collections are the only Sudanese records 

 of this avian parasite. 



DISTRIBUTION 



The African avian haemaphysalid ranges through tropical Africa 

 and into southern Africa, but is possibly more common in western 

 Africa and Uganda than elsewhere. A related subspecies, madagas- 

 cariensis Golas-Belcour and Millot, 19^8, occurs on Madagascar and 

 other closely related species form a tight complex in the Oriental 

 Region (Hoogstraal 1953E). 



WEST APRICA ; GAMBIA (Warburton and Nuttall 1909). GOLD 

 COAST CNuttall and Warburton 1915). FRENCH WEST AHIICA (Villiers 

 1955). SIEKRA LEONE (Simpson's 1913 record of H. leachii from a 

 bush shrike possibly refers to H. hoodi hoodi . "Nuttall and War- 

 burton 1915). PORTUGUESE GUINES (Tendeiro 19/^7, 1948, 1951C ,D, 

 1952A,C,D). 



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