Males of H. impeltatum are frequently found in rather small 

 numbers on Sudanese cattle at the Cairo abattoir. This species 

 is present near the S\idan frontier in the southeastern corner of 

 Egypt (HH). 



DISTRIBUTION 



H. impeltatum is thus far knovm to range from Iran and 

 Arabi"a to Egypt and Libya; into the Sudan, Eritrea, French Somali- 

 land, and restricted areas of Kenya and Tanganyika; and westwards 

 in localized areas of central, western, and northv/estern Africa. 

 Within this area, H« impeltatvim appears to be present usually in 

 widely scattered foci. However, it is anticipated that, as the 

 identity of this species becomes better known, certain gaps in 

 our knowledge of its distribution will be closed. The absence 

 of reports of this tick by Palestinian workers causes one to 

 wonder under which name it is being identified there. 



Recent finding of small numbers of H. impeltatum on wild and 

 domestic animals in single localities of~Kenya and Tanganyika, a 

 imique distributional pattern for a Near Eastern Hyalomma , sug- 

 gests that this species is slowly extending its range into East 

 Africa. 



NEAR EAST ; IRAI^ (As H. brumpti ; Delpy 1%9C). TURKEIf 

 (Specimens from Istanbul aBattoir, on sheep said to be from 

 Bedlise: Hoogstraal, ms.). IRAQ (Specimens from a number of 

 localities in HH collections; others from Amara in Bl-INHj H.H. 

 det.). PALESTKE (Material from Gaza in BMNH; H.H, det.). 

 YH4EN (Fairly common: Hoogstraal, ms.). 



NORTH ATOICA ; EGYPT (As H. brumpti ; Hoogstraal 195AA. 

 One of the most numerous of local ticks; frequently taken on 

 cattle from the Sudan at the Cairo abattoir: Hoogstraal, ms.). 

 LIBYA (Numerous specimens from many localities in HH collection. 

 There is a s\ispicion that the H. marginatum balcanicum of Tonelli- 

 Rondelli 193QA from Tripoli an3 Bengasi may refer to H. impeltatum ) 

 MOROCCO (Material from Mogador in R-iim; HH det.). 



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