Argas persicm 9 



placed under Rhynchoprion by Hermann was probably Amblyomma americanum 

 according to Neumann, 1901, p. 255.— Ward, 1900 b, p. 196. 



Argas sanchezi Alf. Duges, 1891, p. 20 and Neumann, 1896, p. 16. Referred to A. 

 miniatus by Neumann, 1901, p. 255, after seeing the type. This name recurs 

 occasionally in the literature, vide Ward, 1900 b, p. 198. — Banks, 1901, p. 590 ; 

 1902, p. 568, etc. 



Argas chinche Goudet, referred to A. miniatus by Neumann, 1901, p. 344 (no 

 reference). 



Argas radiatus Railliet, 1893, p. 718. Neumann examined Koch's type of A. 

 miniatus and degraded radiatus. 



Argas miniatus firmatus Neumann, 1896, p. 12, a variety based on 1 J from Algiers. 



Argas persicus var. miniatus Neumann, 1905, p. 240. (Neumann finds no constant 

 difference between A. miniatus and the type, and largely because of its distribu- 

 tion retains it as a variety. We see no reason for recognising the variety.) 



Popular names : "Fowl tick" (America, Australia and Africa), "Adobe tick" 1 in 

 Arizona and New Mexico. In S. Africa "Wandluis" or "Tampan" (Lounsbury, 

 1900). In Persia "Miana bug," " Miane bug," "Mialleh de Mianeh," "Garib- 

 guez" or " Guerib-guez," the last name meaning "stranger bug" according to 

 Churchill, 1880, p. xxi (see also Tholozan, 1881, Megnin, 1880, p. 134) ; "Melleh" 

 (Dupre, 1819, p. 324), "malleh" (Fischer de Waldheim, 1823, p. 272) = native 

 name; "punaise de Miana" (Kotzebue, 1819, p. 180), Schlimmer (1874) 

 states it is called "bhebguez" ("Shebgaz," according to Churchill, 1880, p. xxi, 

 meaning " biting at night ") at Chahroude' and Bestham. 



Iconography : Oken, 1818, PI. XIX, Figs. 1-4, notes resemblance to A. reflexus. 

 He gives sketchy figures of A. persicus ; dorsal and ventral aspects. — Fischer 

 de Waldheim, 1823, PI. I, Figs. 8-10, shows dorsal aspect with correct distri- 

 bution of the discs ; ventral aspect and capitulum not so good. — Savigny, 1826, 

 PL IX, Fig. 8, dorsal aspect, very good considering the date when it was drawn. 

 — Guerin-Meneville, 1829-43, PI. VI, Fig. 3, of A. mauritianus dorsal aspect, 

 Fig. 3a part of capitulum. Both figures inaccurate. — Koch, 1847, PI. I, Fig. 4. 

 — Kollar 2 (date?) is stated by Heller, 1858, to have figured the capitulum. — 

 Hellkr, 1858, Pis. I-IV, deals chiefly with the internal anatomy. — Packard 3 , 

 1872, Fig. 68, referred to by Neumann, 1901, p. 255 (A. americanus). — Megnin, 

 1880, PI. VI, Fig. 3 (poor, A. mauritianus). — Laboulbene and Megnin, 1882, 

 PI. XXI, Figs. 1-10 ; none of them accurate, except that of the capitulum, 

 which is fair. PI. XXIII, Figs. 1, 2, represent the larva and egg. — Duces 3 , 

 1891, Plate referred to by Neumann, 1901, p. 255 (A. sanchezi). — Marx in 

 Osborne, 1896, PL III, Figs. 3-3k. Drawings by Marx of A. americanus ? 

 and larva.— Neumann, 1896, p. 8, Figs. 4, 5, of digit (2 views) and tarsus I ; 

 Figs. 6, 7 (A. americanus), details of integument, 8* anus, 9* digit, 10* hypo- 

 stome, 11 tarsus IV ; Figs. 16-21 (A. sanchezi), details of integument, digit, 

 hypostome, tarsus I, larval hypostome and ambulacrum. (Here reproduced, 



1 "Adobes" are sun-dried bricks used in building houses. 



2 Inaccessible. Pohl and Kollar (1823) mention Argasidae. 



3 These figures could not be studied, the originals being inaccessible. 

 * Figures marked by a star are reproduced in this work. 



