46 Genus Ornithodoros 



the larva does not feed and does not increase in size before it moults, 

 but unlike that of 0. moubata it appears able to throw off the eggshell 

 before turning into a nymph. 



Hosts : This species attacks man and Lounsbury (1899 ; he may 

 have included 0. moubata in the statement) reports that it feeds on 

 various animals : fowl, dog, horse, goat, cattle, pig. We have fed it on 

 fowls and rabbits in Cambridge. It may be noted that it feeds like 

 0. moubata but for the fact, observed in one instance, that it inserts its 

 palps into the wound it inflicts. 



Geographical distribution : Recorded from Nubia (at Bularli, Pell 

 Coll.), W. Somaliland, Abyssinia (Courbon Coll., Paris Mus.), German 

 East Africa, S. W. Africa (Nn. 1901, p. 256), and the Congo (Pocock, 

 1900, p. 49, and 1907). Its distribution in Africa overlaps with that of 

 0. moubata. Lounsbury has sent us specimens from Cape Colony, and 

 he records it (1899) as occurring in Rhodesia, Bechuanaland, Portuguese 

 E. Africa and Transvaal. Neumann records in detail (1896, p. 29) the 

 specimens found in different parts of Africa, possibly some of them 

 represent 0. moubata which at that time was not recognised as another 

 species. Neumann and Gerstaecker record it from Egypt (where it was 

 first found by Audouin) and Upper Nubia. Neumann has examined 

 specimens from Southern India, where its presence has been recorded 

 by Christophers (1906, p. 2). We have received specimens from Aden 

 and Egypt through the courtesy of Dr C. W. Daniels. 



ORNITHODOROS MOUBATA (Murray), 1877. 



Figs. 58, 66-80. 



Synon. : Argas moubata Murray, 1877, p. 182. 



Ixodes moubata, Cobbold, 1882, p. 78. 



Ornithodoros savignyi var. caeca Neumann, 1901, p. 256 (referred to as var. caecus 

 or caecum by various authors). 



Native names 1 : bibo, Toro name in Uganda (Christy, 1903, p. 187). — Suaheli terms 

 are pasi (plural papasi) and Kupe (Wellman MS.). — gourat in Nubia and Soudan ; 

 mechger in Abyssinia ; courdoud in Galla ; oldirrho in Kilima-ndjaro (Brumpt, 

 1901, p. 578). — papazi in Mombassa (Karsch, 1878, p. 311, who calls it 

 0. savignyi). — tampan or tampao on Lower Zambesi (Livingstone, 1857, p. 628 ; 

 Pocock, 1903 and 1907 ; Wellman, 1907, the last-named author informs us that 

 this name is employed by the Portuguese E. African colonists). — kufu or mbu 2 



1 Without doubt some of these names include O. savignyi. 



2 Also applied to mosquito and to malaria, according to It. Koch, in parts of E. Africa. 



