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ORIGINAL DETERMINATION 

 246 



Rhipicephalus masseyi rf- g, ? 



Bos caffer 



Kansanshi , NoVJo Rodesia 



1907 



CURRENT STATUS 



N 



246 



RML 



104823 





21 cj", 12 ? Rhipicephalus masseyi 

 Lectotype and paralectotypes 





Syncerus caffer 





Kansanshi (12o05 S, 26o25 E), Zambia 





1907 



2 ? , 2 d" returned to London 



Scho Tropo Medo 



V, 1 ? to Profo 



1 cf, 1 ? to Ao S 



[3 slides ^, ?'s 



Ticks sent by Dr 



of Tanganyika Concessions, Ltd 



Kansanshi, No Wo Rhodesia 



Donitz, Berlin 

 Hirst BM(NoHo) 



mounted in balsam] 

 Ao Yale Massey 



2 ? on slide, V on slide, ? digits 

 on slide, 1 ? vulva on slide, 

 Nuttall & Warburton (1908: 404), 

 original description based on 31 cf, 

 21 ?o This type series of R^o masseyi 

 also contains 1 ? Rhipicephalus kochi 

 and 1 ? Rhipicephalus hurti o Both 

 determinations tentative because 

 neither specimen is typical. 

 Lectotype designated: Keirans & 

 Brewster (1981: 170)o 



247 



Rhipicephalus annulatus var„ 

 decoloratus 



Cattle 



Ticks sent by Dr. A, Yale Massey 

 of Tanganyika Concessions, LTDo, 

 Kansanshi, NoWo Rhodesia 

 "have been recognized [as such] by 

 Professor Neumann" Toulouse, 

 France (for Museum, Londo Scho 

 Tropo Medo)o 



247 MISSING 



