NEOTIS CAFRA DENHAMI (Children). Denham's Greater Bustard In Torit District ten greater bustards from open savannah were examined during the dry season. A male A. lepidum and four male R. s. sanguineus were found on the head of one at Torit and eight males of the latter species were taken from the head of another at Ikoto. LISSOTIS M. MELANOGASTER (Ruppell). Black-bellied Bustard Search over a dozen black-bellied bustards in Eastern and Torit Districts resulted in only three larvae and a nymph of A. variegatum at Kapoeta during the dry season. These birds are common in open grasslands and fields in Torit District and es pecially numerous in Eastern District. TURDUS LIBONY ANUS CENTRALIS Reichenow. Great Lakes Kurrichane Thrush A specimen examined at Obbo late in the dry season yielded a single nymph provisionally identified as A. cohaerens. TCHAGRA SENEGALA ERLANGERI (Neumann). Sudan Black-headed Tchagra Shrike Several specimens were examined. One at Torit during the dry season was infested with a nymph of A. variegatum. This is one of the most common birds of the area. MAMMALIA* INSECTIVORA (INSECTIVORES) FAMILY ERINACEIDAE ATELERIX PRUNERI OWENI Setzer, 1953. Owen's Four-toed Hedgehog *Mammal host identifications are based on Setzer's (1956) study of mammals (excluding bats) of the Sudan, a project resulting from collections made for the present study of ticks and related studies of other ectoparasites. Bat hosts were identified by Mr. C. C. Sanborn, formerly Curator of Mammals, Chicago Natural History Museum. Owen's four-toed hedgehog is common in eastern Equatoria but comparatively few were examined for ticks. At Torit, a nymph of A. variegatum, a female H. leachii muhsami, and three male and a female R. sanguineus were found on hedgehogs during the dry season. A single female of the latter species occurred on a Sunat host and two male H. leachii muhsami were attached to a Tarangore specimen. A number of hedgehogs at Juba were free of ticks. FAMILY MACROSCELIDIDAE ELEPHANTULUS FUSCIPES (Thomas, 1894). Dark-footed Elephant Shrew The only specimen of dark-footed elephant shrew, which is rare in Torit District, was found to have two nymphs of R. pravus on its ears (dry season). ELEPHANTULUS RUFESCENS HOOGSTRAALI Setzer, 1956. Hoogstraal's These little animals, previously identified as E. rufescens dundasi (Hoogstraal 1950, Hoogstraal, Huff, and Lawless 1950), are common in islands of vegetation in Torit and Eastern Districts. Practically every specimen is infested, often heavily, by immature stages of R. pravus. Occasionally immature R. e. evertsi attack these animals and two nymphs of R. s. sanguineus were among the ticks removed from the hundreds of elephant shrews handled in this area. CROCIDURA SP. Shrew FAMILY SORICIDAE A single nymph of Ixodes alluaudi from the tail of an un identified shrew from Kipia at 8000 feet elevation in the Imatong Mountains is present in collections of the British Museum (Natural History). CROCIDURA NYANSAE TORITENSIS Setzer, 1956. Torit Nyanza Shrew Twenty-five Torit Nyanza shrews were examined. Two of them at Torit yielded four nymphs of H. leachii leachii (subspecies uncertain elded CHIROPTERA (BATS) A considerable number and variety of bats were examined on the east bank of Equatoria Province but few ticks were found on them. The report on these bats, not included in Setzer's (1956) work on Sudan mammals, will be presented separately. Caves in which bats rest in this area are rare and rock crevices usually too concealed and narrow for examination for ticks. FAMILY PTEROPIDAE ROUSETTUS AEGYPTIACUS (E. Geoffroy, 1818). Egyptian Fruit Bat. A larval A. vespertilionis was found on a fruit bat at Lokwi. TAPHOZOUS PERFORATUS HAEDINUS Thomas, 1915. Tomb Bat. At Sunat several larvae of A. boueti, A. confusus, and A. vespertilionis were removed from tomb bats; also a nymphal A boueti. FAMILY RHINOLOPHIDAE RHINOLOPHUS LOBATUS Peters, 1852. Horseshoe Bat. RHINOLOPHUS CLIVOSUS ZAMBESIENSIS Andersen, 1904. Horseshoe Bat. Seven larval A. boueti were found at Torit on R. lobatus and a nymphal I. simplex simplex on a Katire specimen of the latter bat. FAMILY VESPERTILIONIDAE *EPTESICUS PUSILLUS (Leconte, 1857). Serotine Bat. At Torit, a larval A. confusus was taken from a serotine bat. *Host name on collector's label; host identity not checked by specialist in bats. *MIMETELLUS ?MOLONEYI (Thomas, 1891). Four larval A. vespertilionis were found at Katire. *PACHYOTUS SP. Brown Bat. Single larvae of Argas sp. and of A. confusus infested a brown bat at Latome. FAMILY MOLOSSIDAE CHAEREPHON MAJOR (Trouessart, 1897). Free-tailed Bat. A Torit specimen was infested by two larval A. confusus. HOST UNIDENTIFIED A nymph of Ixodes vespertilionis was taken at Torit. PRIMATES (PRIMATES) FAMILY LORISIDAE GALAGO S. SENEGALENSIS E. Geoffroy, 1796. Senegal Galago or One of the eleven galagos taken in Torit and Juba Districts was infested by a male R. s. sanguineus. FAMILY CERCOPITHECIDAE PAPIO DOGUERA HEUGLINI Matschie, 1898. Heuglin's Baboon. It is noteworthy that the numerous specimens examined in Torit District were free of ticks. *Host name on collector's label; host identity not checked by specialist in bats. CERCOPITHECUS MIT IS STUHLMANNI Matschie, 1898. Stuhlman's Guenon Monkey. Twelve specimens examined in Lotti Forest and the Imatong Mountains were free of ticks. CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS SUBSP. (Captive). Numerous wild specimens of this common monkey were free of ticks but seventeen adult R. s. sanguineus were removed from two caged specimens at Torit. Captive monkeys were frequently in fested but the vials containing ticks removed from them during the present study have been lost. ERYTHROCEBUS PATAS PYRRHONOTUS (Hemprich and Ehrenberg, 1832). East African Red Monkey. None of many specimens examined yielded ticks. FAMILY COLOBIDAE COLOBUS POLYKOMOS DODINGAE Matschie, 1913. Didinga Mountain A single female Ixodes schillingsi was found in Lotti Forest on the eyelid of one of twelve colobus monkeys taken in Torit District. These monkeys inhabit forests, fairly dense stands of trees along streams and rivers, and restricted savannah areas with numerous trees. PHOLIDOTA (PANGOLINS) FAMILY MANIDAE MANIS TEMMINCKII Smuts, 1832. Temminck's Pangolin. No ticks were found on the single pangolin taken in Torit District, where this animal is exceedingly rare. |