1018 



ORIGINAL DETERMINATION 



CURRENT STATUS 



2441 



Ornithodoros tholozani 4 nymphs 



Egyptian camel 



Cairo, Egypt 



VIIL1913 



Rec'd from Dr. F. C, Will cocks, 

 11.11.1913 



[These ticks are known to Bedouin 

 camel dealers as "Dal 1 urn" - Camels 

 probably imported from Syria or 

 the Sinai via Khartoum or via 

 Suez Canal] 



Note: These ticks "occur amongst 

 the thick hair behind the hump". 

 Wants these lice & Mallophaga 

 det? Frank C. Willcocks 

 21.x. 1913, Post Box 63, Cairo, 

 Letter destroyed - N. 



N 2441 

 RML 111265 



4 N Ornithodoros tholozani 



Camel us dromedarius 



Cairo (30.03 N, 31.15 E), Egypt 



VIII. 1913 



Rec'd from Dr. F. C. Willcocks, 

 11.11.1913 



Willcocks (1922: 429) stated "the 

 camel was in the Gizeh market and 

 may have been an animal recently 

 imported from the Sinai via 

 Kantara." 



Cited: Hoogstraal (1956a: 867) 

 but without Nuttall number. 



2442 



Ornithodoros talaje (3) 



From houses 



Condoto, Colombia, South America 



VIII. 1913 



Dr. H. E. F. Spurrell 



Rec'd from Colonel A, Alcock 

 (London) 8. X. 1913 



Note: Said to be common in 

 houses at Condoto, Alcock writes 

 6.x. 1913. He has others of this 

 lot. Letter destroyed. N. 



N 2442 

 RML 111266 



2 ? Ornithodoros talaje 



From houses 



Condoto (05.06 N, 76.37 W), Colombia 



VIII. 1913 



Dr. H. E, F. Spurrell 



