MARGAROPUS WrMTHMI Karsch, 1879(b). 

 (Figures 359 to 372) 



THE mmm horse tick or 



THE SOUTH AfRICM BEADY_LEGGED TICK 



NOTE: This non-Sudanese species is treated herein in order 

 to provide comparative data for M. reidi sp. nov. and because it 

 is necessary to modify our concepts-^TIhe genus Margaropus. 

 DfStraSS)^ ^^^ ^^°^ ^^""^ """^ ^^^" reviewed in leiall since 



DISTRIBUTION 



. The winter horse tick occurs only in localized areas of the 

 Union of South Africa and Basutoland. This species has been iiu 

 troduced into Southern Rhodesia and Madagascar but populations 

 do not appear to have become established. Frequent literature 

 references to this as a South American tick are incorrect. 



/"SOUTHHIN AFRICA: UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA: Specimen stated 

 to have originat"ir??3m "Valparaiso", Winthem legit; no further 

 data; assumed (HH) to be South Africa: Karsch"Tli79B) TvDe 

 specimen examined and stated„to be misformed M. microplus: 

 Neumann (1901 J refuted by Donitz (1907B). Wit hout seci es 



?i^J^ r"x/ ?°^^V ^^ Rhipicephalus species B: Lomsbury 

 (1905; . As M . lounsburyi: iMeumann (IQnTR , 1911 ) . As Rhipil 

 cephalus nhthirioides sp nov.: Cooper and Robinson (BCTT. 

 jre-^^^^rnn^tz (1907B,1910b). As M. lounsburj'i: 

 Howard (1908; . As M. winthemi ; Bedford (l'92 0,i9iJ6,192? 1932B 



To?t^^l9lS^i'?Ai'^'?FF^ '°"^^ (l925C,i926A iSi'^'du' 

 I il^fnA^^^th. ^^^^^^'' ^ Salisbury (I956) . BASUTOLAND: 

 Howard ( 1908) Bedford (1920,1926,1927,1932B) . Theiler and 

 Salisbury (1956)_.7 



/^SOUTHERN RHODESIA: Introduced from South Africa but not 

 known to be established in Southern Rhodesia: Jack (1921,1928 



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