localities that Poraerantzev (1950) believes its presence in Russia 

 is due to small local populations established from nymphs from 

 migrating birds. Schulze (1918) reported a Macedonian specimen 

 (as H. impressum ) that may have been imported on a bird. 



This distributional picture is indeed unique, and it may be 

 surmised that H. rufipes is a species of the Ethiopian Faunal Re- 

 gion that has extended its range beyond these confines as a result 

 of transportation by migrating birds, which ,are important hosts of 

 immature stages (page U^6) . 



Note ; All records below are for H. rufipes or H. r. rufipes ; 

 other combinations are so stated. "" " 



NORTH AFRICA ; HSYPT (Common on domestic animals in the Nile 

 Valley only; also arrives at the Cairo abattoir on cattle from 

 the Sudan and East Africa: Hoogstraal, ms. See immature HOSTS 

 below). LIBYA (Scattered populations on Mediterranean littoral: 

 Hoogstraal , ms . ) . 



WEST AFRICA ; NIGHIIA (As H. impressura rufipes ; Unsworth 

 19^9,1952. As H. impressum sub'sp.: Gambles 1951. As H. rufipes : 

 Theiler 1956. Material from Katagum and Oban in H'JNH collections; 

 K.H. det.). FRMCH WEST AFRICA (As H. savignyi impressa ; Girard 

 and Rousselot 19A-5. Rousselot 194-6." ?As U. rufipes |Tabrum : 

 Rousselot 1951 and Villiers 1955; it is as"sumed tnat these do 

 not actually refer to H. turanicum . Roxisselot 1953B. Theiler 

 1956). 



CEMRAL AFRICA : FRENCH EQUATGRIMi AFRICA (Rousselot 1953B). 

 BELGIAN CONGO (Rare: Theiler and Robinson 195^. Theiler 1956). 



EAST AFRICA ; SUDAN (Hoogstraal 1954B. Feldman-Muhsam 1954. 

 Theiler 195b;. 



ETHIOPIA (As H. aegyptium impressum f. typica; Stella 1939A, 

 B,1940. As H. rufipes ; Theiler 1956;. ERITREA (As H. impressum 

 impressum ; Tonelli-Rondelli 1930A.- As H. impressum rufipes : 

 Niro 1935. Numerous specimens in R4NH and HH collections) . 

 FRENCH SCMALILAl^ (Hoogstraal 1953D). BRITISH SCMALILAND (As 



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