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ORIGINAL DETERMINATION 



CURRENT STATUS 



N 3156 



Amblyomma varium 1 ? 



Choloepus hoffmanni (sloth) 



Ancon, Panama Canal Zone 



31.x. 1913 



Dr. S. T. Darling 



C.W. det. 5. III. 1915 



Dr. Darling writes, 12.1.1915, it 

 was found in sloth's cage. The ? 

 measured 30 X 24 X 15 (deep) mm., 

 weighed 5.9 grammes; began to 

 oviposit 12. XI. 1913 & laid on 13, 

 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 24, 

 26th a total (actual count) of 

 9759 eggs. 25 fresh (24 hrs. old) 

 eggs weighed 2.25 milligranmes; 

 average egg weighed 0.09 

 milligrammes. On 2. XI 1. 191 3 all 

 the eggs weighed 0.9827 grammes 

 (evidently losing moisture). ? 

 died 29. XI. 1913 her weight on 

 2. XII = 2.76 grammes. All eggs 

 shrivelled by 17. III. 1914. These 

 notes made by L. H. Dunn, Darling's 

 assistant. The sloth's blood 

 contained Endotrypanum schaudinni . 

 G. H.F.N. 



N 3156 



RML 112019 



1 ? Amblyoitima varium 



Choloepus hoffmanni 



Ancon (08.58 N, 79.33 W), Panama 



31.x. 1913 



Dr. S. T. Darling 



Cited: Robinson (1926: 209) 



