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Appendix I 



List of Type Specimens in the Nuttall 

 Tick Collection 



Professor Nuttall, being a meticulous 

 researcher, would customarily place blue 

 "type" or "cotype" labels in vials 

 containing the type specimen(s) of tick 

 species, whether described by himself, 

 coworkers at Cambridge, or foreign 

 investigators. Keirans and Brewster 

 (1981) discussed the type status of 

 species described by Nuttall and his 

 coworkers. There remain, however, 

 certain problem areas. Matheson (1935) 

 described three species of Qrnithodoros , 

 types of which may or may not be 

 represented in the Nuttall collection 

 (N3966, N3967, N3968). There are 



neither blue "type" or "cotype" labels 

 in the vials containing the ticks nor 

 any indication in the catalogue or on 

 the vial labels that these are type 

 specimens. Also, Matheson (op. cit.) 

 stated that all specimens were deposited 

 in the Cornell University collection. 

 Nevertheless, most of the collecting 

 data accompanying these specimens agree 

 with data published by Matheson. The 

 exact status of these Qrnithodoros 

 specimens remains moot. 



The following is a listing of the 160 

 tick species that are represented in the 

 Nuttall tick collection by one or more 

 type specimens. I am reasonably certain 

 that specimens represented here have 

 valid type status and that the list is 

 relatively complete. 



