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Ticks of Cuba 
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ON THE TICKS OF CUBA, WITH DESCRIPTION OF A 
NEW SPECIES, AMBLYOMMA TORREI, FROM 
CYCLURA MACLEAYI GRAY. 1 
By J. Perez Vigueras 
School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Havana. 
In the literature on Ixodoidea I find the following- infor- 
mation relating to species recorded from Cuba. 
F. J. Balmaseda (Enfermedades de las aves 6 Ensayo 
sobre Patornitologia y consideraciones sobre Higiene 
Publica en la Isla de Cuba. Havana, 1889) cites two 
species: “Ixodes reticulatus” (pp. 272 and 275) on cattle, 
and “Ixodes ricinus” (p. 272) on dogs. 
G. Neumann (Mem. Soc. Zool. France) records 
Rhipicephalus annulatus (1897, p. 412) ; R. bursa (1897, p. 
393) ; Amblyomma cajennense (1899, p. 208) ; A. tubercu- 
latum (1899, p. 236) ; A. albopictum (1899, p. 244) ; Rhipi- 
cephalus annulatus, typical (1901, p. 279) ; and R. annu- 
latus var. microplus (1901, p. 280). 
C. W. Stiles and A. Hassall (U. S. Dept. Agric., Bur. 
Anim. Ind., Circ. No. 34, 1901, p. 3) cite Boophilus australis 
as present in Cuba. 
Nuttall, Warburton, Cooper and Robinson (A Monograph 
of the Ixodoidea, 1908-1926) repeat in part the records 
given by Neumann. 
A publication issued by the Secret. Agric. Com. y Trab., 
Habana, (Circ. No. 57, 1919, p. 7) states that “Boophilus 
annulatus or Margaropus annulatus ” is the most common 
species. 
N. S. Mayo (First Annual Rept. Agric. Exp. Sta. Cuba, 
1906, p. 44) lists from Cuba Dermacentor nitens, Margar- 
opus annulatus, and M. annulatus australis; and later (Sec- 
ond Rept. Agric. Exp. Sta. Cuba, 1909, p. 27), he also men- 
tions Rhipicephalus texanus as a Cuban species on dog. 
translated, from the original Spanish MS, by J. Bequaert. 
