IXODES NAIROBIENSIS Nuttall, 1916. 

 (Figures 220 and 221) 

 THE RODENT RUSSET TICK 



L N $ <? EQUATQRIA PROVINCE RBCOEIDS 



7 Torit Mastonys natalensis ismailiae Dec 



1 Lotti Forest Ifestonys natalensis ismailiae Mar 



The Lotti Forest specimen was taken at ^500 feet elevation. 



DISTRIBUTION IN THE SUDAN 



Upper Nile ; Er Renk, a single female from a dog, H. H. King 

 legit , 2 July 1909. King (1926) had referred to this specimen as 

 " Ixodes rasus " . See OTHER SUDAN NOTES under Ixodes rasus ? sub- 

 species. 



DISTRIBUTION 



Ixodes nairobiensis is a seldom collected tick of East Africa 

 that ranges as far south as Southern Rhodesia and Angola. 



EAST AFRICA ; SUDAN (Hoogstraal 1954B). 



KENYA (Nuttall 1916. Bedford 1932B). UGANDA (Theiler, un- 

 published). 



SOUTHERN AFRICA ; ANGOLA (CNHM collection, from near Dundo, 

 LundaTT — tWUTHlJiN RHODESIA (Theiler, unpublished). 



HOSTS 



The strange assortment of hosts listed below indicates that 

 there is much to learn about this tick and that some records may 

 be due to misidentification. 



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