GANIEV (1954). USSR. H. detritvm and H. scupense , short ecolog- 

 ical notes from Ural District middle stream. 



SURBOVA (1955). Bvilgaria. H. scupense, distribution, biology, 

 ecology, epidemiology. ""(Not translated). 



GAJBUSM (1956). USSR. Uzbekistan heioDrrhagic fever. H. 



detritiim feeds on man and is considered a possible vector 

 of virus; organism has been isolated from this tick; brief 

 review of host data. 



HYALCMMA DROIgDARII 



cf . page hUO. USSR. H. tiirkmeniense is included under H. exca_ 

 vatum on the basis of Delpy^s (19A-9B) surmise that it may 

 be a synonym of H. excavatum . Pomerantzev (1950), however, 

 considers H. turSmeniense to be a synonym of H. dromedarii 

 (s H. asiaTicum j . " 



FRANCHINI (1927X). Libya. Collected at Giarabub. 



OLMEV (193IB). USSR. As H. dromedarii asiaticum ; description. 

 As H. pavlovsltyi ; note (c ?H. excavatum j . As K. kozlovi ; 

 description; considered by Pomerantzev (1950) as a sub_ 

 species of H. asiaticum . 



GRIMALDI (1934-). Libya, Somalia, and Yemen. H. dromedarii , 

 collecting localities. " 



PERVCMAISKf (I95OB). USSR. H. dromedarii males mate with fe- 

 male H. anatolicim excav'atum , which act as unfertilized 

 femaies remaining on the host for a month, taking little 

 blood, -and depositing only a few sterile eggs £'see also 

 Pervomaisky (l954-)_7« 



PHlVCMAISKf (1954.). USSR. Description of variation in laorphology 

 summarized as follows: Most males reach 5.8 mm. in length, fe- 

 males 6.1 mm. In average and large males common variables are 

 width of the middle festoon and size and number of subanal shields 

 (division or fragmentation of subanal shields is rare in material 

 in the present collection and appears to be a localized phenome- 

 non _ HH). In minute males, 1.5 nm. in length, great changes 



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