Condemned Species 



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longicornis (Neumann)) by Neumann, 1905, p. 237, and finally raised by 

 that author to a sub-species. It is in our opinion impossible to determine 

 the species to which the tick belongs on the evidence of mounted speci- 

 mens, at any rate without other confirmatory evidence. H. mncinna $ 

 is scarcely to be identified in the absence of the characteristic $, and 

 a purported 9 j coming from a remote country whence the $ has not 

 been derived, is open to grave suspicion. We reproduce Neumann's figure 

 for what it is worth. 



Fig. 448. H. longicornis Neumann, 1901, Fi{?. 2. ? (P) pa'p in ventral aspect, 



(//) coxa I. 



H. longicornis Neumann is listed by Rainbow, 1906, p. 165, as an Aus- 

 tralian species on Neumann's authority. Blanchard, 1909, p. 148, Fig. 184, 

 who reproduces Neumann's figure, includes this tick in the synonymy 

 of U. concinna Koch. We prefer to regard it as a doubtful species. 



concinna var. longico7-nis (Neumann) Neumann, 1905, p. 237 ; vide mpra. 



crassa Warburton, 1908, p. 516 ; listed as a valid species by Blanchard, 1909, 

 p. 150= i?. cinnabat'ina var. punctata (Can. and Fan.). 



citscohia (Canestrini, 1897) Neumann, 1897, p. 356 = merely a nominal species. 

 See further under Opisthodon cuscobius. Listed as a valid species by 

 Blanchard, 1909, p. 150, and as a doubtful species by Neumaim, 1911 a, 

 p. 115. 



erinacei Pavesi, 1884, p. 484 ; merely a nominal species, the description being 

 insufficient. We quote from the original all that might serve for its 

 identification : Male : 3 x 2 mm., finely punctate, cei-vical grooves divergent, 

 lateral grooves present, sexual orifice facing coxae II, coxae unarmed. 

 Female: scutum 1 mm. long, broadening and rounded behind, anterior 

 borders parallel. — Found by Marquis Doria on Erinaceus algirus at 

 Gebel Resas, Tunisia, in 1881. Pavesi considers the tick allied to H. 



