RHIFICBPHALUS CUSPIDATUS Neumann, 1906 

 (Not R. CUSPIDATUS sensu Zumpt, 1950A)* 



(Figures 257 to 260) 

 THE WEST AHIICAN WARTHOG BROWN TICK 



DISTRIBUTION IN THE SDDAN 



Bahr El Ghazal ; Galual-Nyang Forest, 15c2:f and 31$$ from tvo 

 warthogs, pKacochoerus aethlopicus subsp. , and IdP from ground, 21 

 and 23 February 1953, H. H. legit" ^tSd', 6o$, same locality and 

 host species, 7 June 1953, E. T. M. Reid legit. These are the 



only specimens of this interesting West African tick from the 

 Sudan. 



DISTRIBUTION 



This West African warthog and aard-vark parasite ranges 

 eastward as far as the western part of southern Sudan. 



WEST AFRICA ; FRENCH WEST AFRICA (Neumann 1905,1911. Theiler 

 1947. Rousselot 1951,1953B. Specimens from Fort Foureau and 

 French Sudan, collected by Rageau and Rousselot, are present in 

 the Theiler collection. It seems likely that the "R. complanatus" 

 reported by Fiasson (1943B) from wild pigs refers actually to R. 

 cuspidatus . PORTUGESE GUINEA (As R. sp.: Tendeiro 1948. As!?. 

 cuspidatus : Tendeiro 1951A,E,1952J ,1953 ,1954). 



CBfTRAL AFRICA ; CAMEROONS (Rageau 1953A,B). 



EAST AFRICA ; SUDAN (Hoogstraal 1954B). 



Note ; Stella (l940) listed R. cuspidatus from the Harrar 

 area of Ethiopia. Pending further investigation, this record is 

 considered questionable. 



»See RMARKS, page 632. 



- 631- 



