African Ixodoidea: Ticks of the Sudan

adults Africa animals appears areas Argas attack Bedford BIOLOGY birds body cattle characters collections common considered correspondence cycle Darfur described DISEASE DISTRIBUTION District dogs domestic dorsal and ventral East eggs Egypt engorged Equatoria Province examined excavatum feeding female fever Figures Forest four fowl French frequently genital Hoogstraal host humidity IDENTIFICATION immature important included indicated infested Kenya King known laboratory larvae lateral lateral grooves leachii legs less Lewis listed localities male margin material molt moubata Natural Neumann Nile northern noted Nuttall nymphs observed occur organ parasite period persicus posterior present probably Province punctations range rare records refer RELATIONS REMARKS reported Robinson sanguineus Santos Dias Schulze scutal scutum season sheep shields simus single slightly South Africa southern species specimens stages subspecies Sudan Theiler tick tion Torit usually ventral ventral views WEST AFRICA wide wild Wilson