RHIFICEPHALUS LONGUS Neumann, 1907(A)*. 



(Figures 277 to 280) 



THE SCIMITAR-SHiaD CAPE BROm TICK 



N 9 o~ BQUATORIA PROVINCE RECORDS 



2 3 Laboni Sync er us caffer aequinoctialis Feb 



3 3 Kheirallah Syncerus caffer aequinoctialis Mar (SGC) 



R. longus is not knovm from other Provinces of the Stdan. 



DISTRIBUTION 



Although R. longus appears to be chiefly a Central and West 

 African tick, "scattered populations occvcc in East Africa and in 

 the northern part of southern Africa, apparently in more humid 

 areas. The possibility that some specimens in the reports listed 

 below have been confused with R. capensis must be considered. 



See footnote below. 



WEST AFRICA ; NIGERIA (Zumpt 19A2B. Unsworth 1952). TOGO 

 (Zumpt 19A^B;. LIBERIA. (As R. falcatus ; Neumann 1908C). 



CENTRAL ATOICA ; CAMEEOONS (Zumpt 19A2B. Rageau 1951,1953A, 

 B. Unsworth 1952. Rousselot 1953B). HIEIICH EQUATORIAL AFRlGk 

 (Rousselot 1951,1953B). BELGIAI\I CONGO (Neumann 1907A,1911. 

 Nuttall and Warburton 1916. Schwetz 1932. Bequaert 1930A,1931. 

 Fain 19^9. Rousselot 1951,1953B. See also HOSTS below). 



EAST AFRICA ; SUDAN (Hoogstraal 195^). 



UGANDA (As R. falcatus ; Theiler 1947). 



*R. falcatus Neumann, 1908, is a synonym of R. longus , but few 

 literature records of R. falcatvis can be assumed to refer to R. 

 longus . The name R. falcatus was long used indiscriminately as 

 a "catch-all" for "Heavily punctate rhipicephalids with sickle- 

 shape adanal shields and many species were lumped under it. 



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