H. rufipes. As H. aegyptitan impresstim ; Howard 1908. Bedford 

 193^8,1934,1936." Alexander, Mason, and ^eitz 1939. Mclntyre 

 1939. du Toit 19A2, 194.7. du Toit and Monnig 19A2. As H. 

 aegyptium ; Clark 1933. As H. impressum loifipes ; Theiler 1943B. 

 As H. rufipes ; Thorburn 195'2. Neitz 19^ TEeiler 1956). 



ISLAND GR0T3PS ; MADAGASCAR (Hoogstraal 1953E. Theiler 1956). 

 CCMCRES (Kratz 1940; cf. immature HOSTS below). 



NEAR EAST ; TURKE? (Rare in eastern Anatolia: Hoogstraal, ms.), 

 PALESTINE (As H. impressum , rare: Bodenheimer 1937. Adler and 

 Feldman_Muhsam"l946,1948J . YEMEN and IRAQ (Common: Hoogstraal, 

 ms.). 



RUSSIA : (As H. aequipunctatum : Olenev 1931A,C. Gailuzo and 

 Bespalov 1935. As~H. impressum : Pomerantzev, Matikashvily, and 

 Lototsky 1940. As 1!. marginatxim impressum : Pomerantzev 1946. 

 Tselishcheva 1953. "As H. plumbeum impressum : Pomerantzev 1950). 



NOTE : The record of H. impressum rvifipes from China (Chod- 

 ziesner 1924) probably refers to a heavily punctate H. marginatum 

 (Kratz 1940). H* riifipes has been stated to occur in Portugal by 

 Kaplan and Hulse (1953) in their review of prevalence of Q fever 

 in Europe; this apparent error derives from the report by Fonesca, 

 Pinto, Colacao, Oliveira, Branco, da Gaaaa, Franco, and Lacerda 

 (1951) that "H. rufipes glabrumf is associated with Q fever there. 

 This is assumed to refer to H. marginatum . 



HOSTS 



Domestic cattle appear to be the most common hosts of this 

 tick. They are mentioned by practically every author and are the 

 roost frequent hosts of specimens in niusettm collections. Other 

 common domestic hosts are horses, sheep, and goats. Bedford 

 (1932B) states that dogs and cats are also infested; specimens 

 from these hosts are present in British Musemn (Natural History) 

 and HH collections. In semidesert areeis, camels are frequently 

 parasitized (Sudan records; HH mss.; numerous Somaliland spec- 

 imens in EMNH collections; Hoogstraal 1953D). Among wild ani- 

 mals, the buffalo and giraffe are common hosts, as is the 

 rhinoceros. Antelopes and certain birds are less common hosts 



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