towards and north of the equator. It is rare or absent in forests 

 of western Africa. 



ATLANTIC OCE/VN ; CANARY ISLANDS (Specimens from dogs, Tene- 

 rife, 1906, in H-INH collections; PIH det.). 



NORTH AFRICA ; EGYPT (Occurs only in Gebel Elba area of ex. 

 treme Southeastern E^pt adjacent to Sudan frontier (Kassala Prov- 

 ince); numerous males arrive at the Cairo abattoir on cattle from 

 the Sudan and Elast Africa but this species has not established 

 itself as a result of these introductions: Hoogstraal, ms.). 



WEST ATOICA ; roETCH WEST AFRICA (As H. truncatum sp. nov.; 

 Koch TSZZT~TCs~TJ. aegyptium impressum tran'siens ; Schulze 1919. 

 As H. transiensT Rousselot 1951,1953B7! GAl-IBIA (Numerous spec- 

 imens in single lot from cattle in EMNH collections; HH det.). 



PORTUGESE GUINEA (As H. savignyi ; Tendeiro 19^8,19^9A, 

 1951F,1952A,C,D. From Ten3eiro ' s 1%9A discussion it is evident 

 that he is referring to H. truncatum (= H. transiens ) but prefers 

 to call it H. savignyi . "it is likely that one to three other 

 Hyalomma species occur in Portiigese Guinea). 



NIGHIIA (As H. aegyptium: Simpson 1912A,B. As H. impressum 

 transiens ; Unsworth 19^9. 5s H. impressum subsp.: "Gambles 1951. 

 As H. transiens : Unsworth 1952T See HOSTS below) . GOLD COAST 

 (As"H ." ^gy pt ium ; Simpson 191^) . TOGO (Feldman-Muhsam 195^ 

 states that. H. impressum brunne i parmat um Schulze and Schlottke, 

 1930, is a synonym of H. truncatum ; however, from examination 

 of Miss J. B. Walker *s~Kenya-reared material of H. albiparmatum , 

 in which the parma varies in size and color, it Ts evident that 

 H. brunneiparmatim is a synonym of H. albiparmatum ) . 



CENTRAL ATOICA ; CAMEROONS (As H. aegyptim impressum transiens; 

 Chodziesner 192/|.. As H. transiens : "Rageau 1951,1953. ^usselot 

 1951,1953B. Unsworth l952;. FREI^CH EQUATORIAL AFRICA (As H. 

 nitidvim from "New Cameroons": Schtilze 1919. Chodziesner 1*^4.. 

 As H. impressum nitidum ; Schulze and Schlottke 1930. Kratz 

 1940. See also Feldman-Muhs am 195-^. As H. aegyptium impressum 

 transiens ; Chodziesner 192^. As H. transiens ; Rousselot 1951, 

 1953B;. BELGIAN CONGO (As H. transiens l TEeller and Robinson 

 195A) . 



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