MARGAROPUS REIDI SP . NOV . 

 (Figures 236 to 239, and 3A2 to 358) 



THE SUDANESE BEADY-LEGGED TICK 



DISTRIBUTION IN THE SUDAN 



Bahr El Ghazal ; All from Giraffa camelopardalis siibsp. , 

 E. T. M. Reid legit ; Liednhom (.south bank of Jur River); l^dtf, 

 19$5, from muzzle, March 1955. One nymph, same locality, 8 March 

 1955. Twenty-four nymphs. Guar, Galual-Nyang Forest, 15 May 1953. 



DISTRIBUTION 



M. reidi sp. nov. is known only by the above specimens from 

 the Sudan. It is related to the South African winter horse tick, 

 M. winthemi , the range of which is charted by Theiler and Salisbury 

 X1956J . fHe small males may easily. have been overlooked by ear- 

 lier collectors and the larger females may previously have been 

 quickly identified as Boophilus by nonspecialists. More careful 

 search should reveal the wider distribution of this interesting 

 tick in the Sudan and possibly elsewhere in Africa. See M. 

 winthemi (page 900). ~ 



HOSTS 



The only known hosts are three specimens of the western Su- 

 danese form of giraffe, Giraffa camelopardalis subsp., the actvial 

 subspecific identity of which is considered by Setzer (1956) to 

 be a moot subject that cannot presently be decided. See M. 

 winthemi (page 900) . "" 



BIOLOGY 

 Unstudied. See M. winthemi (page 900). 



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