IXCDES CAVIFALPUS Nuttall and Warburton, 1908 ^lot 1907). 



(Figures 216 to 219) 

 THE ANGOLMI RUSSET TICK 



L N 5 c? BQiUATORIA PROVINCE RECORD 



1 1 Obbo Civettictis civetta congica Apr 

 This is the only record of this species from the Sudan. 



DISTRIBUTION 



I. cayipalpus is probably more generally distributed in Africa 

 than the following meagre records for central, eastern, and southern 

 Africa indicate. Theiler (correspondence) states that in her ex- 

 perience, Angolan records are the most nvmierous. 



CMTRAL AFRICA ; BELGIAN CONGO (As I. rubicundus limbatus ; 

 Neumann 1908B. Schwetz 1927C. Bequaert 193QA,B,193l" Theiler 

 and Robinson 195 A. Arthur, ms.). 



EAST ATOICA ; SUDAN (Hoogstraal 1954B. Arthur, ms.). 



KENYA (Lewis 1931B.C). UGANDA (Specimens from Lvigaga, Ankole, 

 5000 ft. elev., in EMNH). 



SOUTHERN AFRICA ; AI^OLA (Nuttall and Warburton 1908,1911. 

 Sousa Dias 1950. Santos Dias 1950C). NORTHERN RHODESIA (Massey 

 1908. Nuttall and Warburton 1908,1911. Matthysse 1954. Theiler 

 and Robinson 1954. Arthur, ms.). NYASALAND (Nuttall 1916). 



HOSTS 



Domest i c animals ; Cattle (Nuttall 1916, Schwetz 1927C, 

 Matthysse 19^4, Theiler and Robinson 1954), goats (Neimann 1908B, 

 Lewis 1931B), and sheep (Neumann 1908B). "Various domestic 

 animals" (Sousa Dias 1950). 



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