RHIPICEPHALUS ARNOLDI Theiler and Zumpt, 1950*. 



(Figures 2A5 to 248) 



ARNOLD'S BROWN TICK 



L N 5 cf EQUATORIA PROVINCE RECORDS 



10 I koto Lepus capensis crawshayi Feb 

 1 Lotti Forest Praomys tiillbergi sudanensis Apr 



These are the only records of this species aside from the 

 original collections from Transvaal and Cape Province, South Afri- 

 ca. Dr. Theiler 's identification of the larval specimen noted 

 above is tentative. 



DISTRIBUTION 



The actual distributional picture of R. arnoldi, presently 

 knovm only from the Union of South Africa and the Sudan, remains 

 to be ascertained. 



EAST AFRICA ; SUDAN (Hoogstraal 1954B) . 



SOUTHERN ATOICA ; UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA (Theiler and Zumpt, 

 in Zumpt 1950A; . 



HOSTS 



Hare, Lepus sp.. and rock hare, Pronolagus sp. (Theiler and 

 Zumpt in Zumpt 1950A) . Lepus capensis crawsnayi and larva on 

 Praomys tullbergi sudanensis (.Equatoria Province records above). 



BIOLOGI 

 Unstvidied. 



^Described in Zumpt (1950A) . 



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