34 Genus Argas 



ARGAS VESPERTILIONIS (LatreiUe), 1796. 



Figs. 48-57, PL I, Figs. 4 and 5. 



Synonymy and Literature : Carios vespertilionis Latreille, 1796, p. 176, larvae. 



Caris vespertilionis Latreille, 1804, p. 161, larvae. Generic name changed for 

 no apparent reason. Latreille, 1829 b, p. 290, notes the " peau ecailleuse " 

 as a generic character, see also Latreille, 1835, p. 511. 



Acarus fischeri in Savigny, 1826 (see Iconography). 



Argas fischeri Addodin, 1827, p. 427, probably mature nymph. 



Argas pipistrellae Aodouin, 1832, p. 412, larvae. 



Argus pipistrellae in Ant. Duges and Milne Edwards (no date). 



Caris vespertilionis Gervais, 1844, p. 227, larvae. 



Caris elliptica Kolenati, 1857, p. 16, probably nymphs. 



Caris longimana Kolenati, 1857, p. 16, probably nymphs. 



Caris decussata Kolenati, 1857, p. 16, probably nymphs. 



Caris inermis Kolenati, 1857, p. 16, probably nymphs. 



A rgas fischeri George, 1876, pp. 223-225, in Westwood, 1877, p. lxii, referring to 

 George's paper. Probably nymphs 1 . 



Argas pulchella George, 1876, p. 224. The author proposed this name tentatively 

 as he thought the " Blyborough tick " might be A. fischeri. He described 

 the mechanism of the foot and notes the spiracles between legs III and IV. 



Argas pipistrellae Westwood, 1877, p. lxii. 



Argas vespertilionis (Latreille) Neumann, 1896, pp. 20-23 ; 1901, p. 254. 



Caris vespertilionis Latreille, revived by Pocock, 1907, p. 189. 



Iconography 2 : Savigny, 1826, PI. IX, Fig. 6 (1, 1', 2, 2') much better figures than 

 most of those published since ; large nymphs or possibly adults. — Audouin, 

 1832, PI. XIV, Fig. 1.— Ant. Duges and Milne Edwards, PI. XXVII, Fig. 3 

 (larva, poor).— Gervais, 1844, PI. XXXIV, Fig. 8, larva.— George, 1876, Pis. 

 XXI, XXII, figures of nymph : venter, part of capitulum, tarsus, dorsum, 

 intestinal caeca*. — Neumann, 1896, Figs. 22-26*: nymph, ventral surface 

 and detail thereof ; capitulum ; hypostome, digit ; larval hypostome, digit, 

 dorsal plate, anus. — Wheler, 1899, p. 12, Fig. 4, described as nymph ; 

 reprinted 1906, Fig. 8*, described as adult after balsam specimen of the 

 "Blyborough tick" (see George); also (1906) figures part of capitulum and 

 marginal integument. 



1 Westwood (1877, p. lxii), who is quoted in Neumann's synonymy (1901, p. 254), 

 refers incidentally to George's papers (1876, 1877) in his Presidential Address, stating 

 with regard to the name given by George: "It is given as Argas fischerii of Walcken., 

 but it seems to me identical with A. pipistrellae, Aud." 



* Figures marked * are reproduced herein. 





