WEST AFRICA ; NIGHIIA (Pearse 1929) . FRENCH WEST AFRICA 

 (Neumann 1899,1901,1911. Rousselot 1951,1953B. Villiers 1955). 

 GOLD COAST (Nuttall and Warburton 1911. Nuttall 1916. Stewart 

 1936). 



CENTRAL ATOICA ; FERNANDO PC (Schvilze 194.3A). CAMEROONS 

 (Neumann 1899,1901,1911. Ziemann 1912A. Nuttall 1916. Jo jot 

 1921. Rageau 1953. Schulze 19A3A. Rageau 1951,1953. Dezest 

 1953. See HOSTS below). FRENCH EftUATCRIAL AFRICA (Bequaert 1931 

 refers the type locality to French Equatorial Africa, not to 

 Belgian Congo. Fiasson 19A3B. Rousselot 1951,19536). RIO MUNI 

 (Nuttall 1916. Schulze 1943A). BELGIAN CONGO (See French Equa- 

 torial Africa above. Neumann 1899,1901,1911. Nuttall 1916. 

 Nuttall and Warburton 1916. Schwetz 192X,1932. Schouteden 1927. 

 Bequaert 1930A,B,1931. Schoenaers 1951A. Rousselot 1951,1953B. 

 Theiler and Robinson 1954- ). 



EAST AFRICA ; SUDAN (King 1926. Hoogstraal 195AB). 



ETHIOPIA (Nuttall 1916). 



KENYA (Neave 1912. Nuttall 1916. Anderson 1924A. Lewis 

 1931A,B,C,1939A. See HOSTS below). UGANDA (Nuttall and Warbur- 

 ton 1911. Mettam 1932,1933. See HOSTS below). TANGANYIKA 

 (Neumann 1899,1901,190X,1910B,1911. Morstatt 1913. Bequaert 

 193QA. Reichenow 19UB. Schulze 1943A). 



SOUTHERN AFRICA ; SOUTHERN RHODESIA (Nuttall 1916). /TUNION 

 OF SdUTH m.lCk (Bedford 1929A,1932B. Cooley 193A. Some or all 

 of this material refers actually to Ixodes pilosus ; Arthur, cor- 

 respondenceJ7 



HOSTS 



The range of hosts of advilt Ixodes rasus incliodes a large 

 variety of aiiimals from mice and elephant shrews (small insecti- 

 vores) to leopards, large antelopes, and domestic dogs. It is 

 difficult to determine whether this tick displays predilection 

 for any group of mammals. The picture for immatvure- stage host 

 preferences is equaULy uncertain. Whether individual "subspecies" 

 have characteristic preferences differing from each other remains 

 to be demonstrated. 



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