African Ixodoidea: Ticks of the Sudan

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