HAMAPHYSALIS PAIMATA Neinnaim, 1905, 

 {FLgvoces 154 to 157) 

 THE WEST AKIICAN ANTaOPE HAiMAPHISALID 



L N $ cf BiUATORIA PRO\n:NCE RB3CRDS 



1 Noli Hills Cephalophus caerultis musculoides Mar (SGC) 



1 Nagichot domestic cattle Jul 



2 Gilo domestic cattle Dec 



BIRD 



11 16 Lotti Forest Gicttera edouardi sethsmithi Apr 



These localities, all in the central area of the east bank of 

 Bquatoria Province, lie between 4500 feet and 65OO feet elevation. 

 H. parmata has not been found in other Provinces of the Sudan. The 

 Uoll Hills specimen is somewhat atypical, see REMARKS below. 



DISTRIBUTION 



H. parmata is a qviite common Central and West African tick that 

 ranges in smaller nimibers into the forested highlands of eastern 

 Africa. It is especially nximerous in the Cameroons. 



WEST ATOICA ; GOLD COAST (Nuttall and Warburton 1915). FRENCH 

 WEST AHUCA tVilliers 1955). SIMRk LEONE (Simpson 1913. Nuttall 

 and Warburton 1915). NIGERIA (Ziemann 1905. Neumann 1911. Simpson 

 1912B. Nuttall and Warburton 1915). 



CMTRAL ATOICA ; CAMEROONS (Neumann 1905,1911. Ziemann 1905, 

 1912A'^ Nuttall ana Warburton 1915. Rageau 1951,1953A,B. Hoogstfaal 

 1954c). RIO MUNI (Nvmierous specimens in HH collection from north- 

 central part of state; K. C. Brown legit ; gift of Colonel R. Traub). 

 ERMCH EQUATORIAL APRICA (Fiasson 19^5B. Rousselot 1951,1953B. 

 Hoogstraal 1954C). BELGIAN CONGO and RUANDA-URUNDI (Nuttall and 

 Warburton 1915,1916. Bequaert 1930A,B,1931. Schoenaars 1951A,B. 

 Van Vaerenbergh 1954. Santos Dias 1954D. See HOSTS below). 



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