RHIPICEPHALUS S3MPS0NI Nuttall, 1910. 



(Figures 297 to 300) 



THE CANE-RAT GLOSSY TICK 



L K o <? KiUATCEIA PROVINCE RECORDS 



1 Torit Thryonomys gregorianus subsp. Feb 

 2 5 Yei "marsh rai " Feb (SGC) 



These records, from the east and west banks of Equatoria Prov- 

 ince, are the only ones of this species from the Sudan. The Yei 

 specimens in Siodan Government Collections were collected in 1911 

 by H. H. King, who had identified them as R. simus , 



DISTRIBUTION 



R. simpsoni has been reported from widely scattered localities 

 throughout if ric a within the Ethiopian Faunal Region and probably 

 occurs wherever its favorite host, the cane rat, does. It is coiru 

 non in Kenya and Uganda although it has not previously been re- 

 ported from Kenya, 



WEST AFRICA ; NIGERIA (Nuttall 1910. Simpson 1912B. Rageau 

 1953b7^ 



CENTRAL AFRICA ; CAlffiROONS (Rageau 1953A,B). BELGIAN CONGO 

 (Schwetz 192'/C. Bequaert 1931). 



EAST AFRICA ; SUDAN (Hoogstraal 195-^). 



KENYA (Coranxjn on lesser cane rats, Choeromys _g. gregorianus , 

 at Subukia, Nakuru District, 6^00 ft. alt.; Hoogstraal legit ;. 

 UGANDA (Mettam 1935. Bedford 1936. Theiler 19^7. Numerous 

 specimens seen in collections of Uganda Veterinary Service. See 

 HOSTS below). TANGANYIKA (Reichenow 19A1B). 



SOUTHERN A FRICA ; NYASALAND (Wilson 1950B). MOZAMBIQUE 

 (Santos Mas iVb'^ll). UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA (Bedford 1936. 

 Theiler 19^7). 



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