159 



ORIGINAL DETERMINATION 



CURRENT STATUS 



330 



Rhipicephalus capensis cfcf ? 



Aruscha German East Africa 



N 



330 



RML 



105560 





2 cT Rhipicephalus jeanneli 

 1 $ Rhipicephalus punctatus 





Arusha (03.22 S, 36.41 E), 

 Tanzania 



Sent 1907 



Sent by Professor W. Donitz 



[Donitz writes of these: "I can't 



determine those otherwise than as 



Rhip . capensis . Neumann's Rhip . 



compos itus from Khartoum is 



unknown to me from personal 



observation; it is stated not 



to have confluent punctations 



(if my memory serves me right). 



In all specimens I have 



examined this depends much on 



the illumination. If you place 



a cf horizontally & illuminate 



it from head end, the punctations 



all appear discrete. Illuminate 



the tick sideways and punctations 



appear arranged in rows & partly 



confluent. The Rhipicephalus 



from German S. W. Africa have 



somewhat fewer punctations than 



my specimens from Central Africa, 



& for this reason agree more 



closely with Rhipicephalus 



compos itus " [Donitz thinks that 



when Neumann described his R_. 



compositus he was unable to 



determine the specimens from 



Koch's description & figures. 



Later he saw they were one and 



the same, but wishing to save 



his name he sought for differences 



which he thought to find in the 



punctations. If such differences 



exist can only be decided upon the 



examination of further ticks from 



the South, which we should get 



easier than he can]. He presents 



us with 329 and 330 for our collection. 



(Free translation of a letter from Prof. 



Donitz by G. H.F.N. 29. X. 1907) 



Sent 1907 



Sent by Professor W. Donitz 



