966 



ORIGINAL DETERMINATION 



2317 



Amblyomma nodosum 1 ? 



"Found beneath a cage recently 

 occupied by a 3-toed sloth, 

 Bradypus " 



Ancons Canal Zones Panama 



19. IV. 1913 



Rec'd from Dr. S. T. Darling 

 22. VII. 1913 



Note: wants report; fully gorged 

 it measured 19 X 13 mm by 9 mm 

 thick, dropped off 19. IV, began 

 to oviposit 7.V, stopped laying 

 31. V, she deposited an enormous 

 number of eggs - "the largest ? 

 I have ever seen." Letter 

 destroyed G. H.F.N. 



2318, a-c 



(2313) Rhipicephalus pulchellus 

 c^'s, ?'s 



(a) Haemaphysalis leachi ?'s 



(b) Boophilus austral is ?'s 



(c) Amblyomma tholloni ?'s & N's 



Dog and mules 



Dire Daoua, Ethiopia, Abyssinia, 

 E. Africa 



23. V. 1913 



Rec'd from M. Pellerin, 14. VII. 1913 



CURRENT STATUS 



N 2317 



RML 111160 



1 ? Amblyomma nodosum 



Found beneath a cage recently 

 occupied by Bradypus infuscatus 



Ancon (08.58 N, 79.33 W), Panama 



19. IV. 1913 



Rec'd from Dr. S. T. Darling, 

 22. VII. 1913 



Amblyomma nodosum is exclusively 

 a parasite of New World anteaters 

 It probably did not feed on a 

 sloth. 



Cited: Robinson (1926: 199). 



N 



2318, a-c 



RML 



92723 





(2318) 1 cf, 7 ? Rhipicephalus 

 pulchellus 



(a) 8 ? Haemaphysalis leachi 



(b) 3 ? Boophilus microplus 



(c) 1 N Amblyomma variegatum 

 (c) 1 ? Amblyomma tholloni 





Dog and mules 





Diredawa (09.35 N, 41.52 E), 

 Ethiopia 



23. V. 1913 



One ? H^. leachi is now in the 

 NAMRU-3 tick collection, Cairo, 



Egypt. 



The Amblyomma tholloni identification 

 is tentative. This is not good host 

 or locality information for A. 

 tholloni . The legs are missing so 

 the banding cannot be checked but I 

 do not believe it to be A. eburneum. 



