Scutum wider (approximately 1.6 times H. LEACHII MUHSAMI Figures 150 and 151 FEMALES 1. Palpal segment 3 with basal margin strongly angled or spurred dorsally. Scutal width and length approximately equal. (Equatoria and Bahr El Ghazal; uncommon).. Palpal segment 3 with basal margin 2. Palpal segment 3 dorsally with basal Palpal segment 3 dorsally with a retrograde spur. Basis capituli with small cornua. Scutum wider than long. Coxa I with small spur overlapping outer basal margin; no inner basal spur.. ..2 3 H. ACICULIFER Figures 130 and 131 .H. PARMATA Figures 136 and 157 3. Palpal basal margin straight dorsally, without angle or spur. Basis capituli almost straight laterally, cornua almost obsolete. Scutal length and width approx imately equal. (Avian parasite). Palpal basal margin angled or spurred dorsally. Basis capituli diverging laterally, cornua moderate to strong. (Mammal parasites)... 4. Palpi ventrally with a comparatively Combinations of characters differ as below. (Not normally ground squirrel parasites)... H. HOODI HOODI Figures 138 and 139 ..4 ..H. HOUYI Figures 142 and 143 .5 5. Coxae without overlapping spurs. ventrally with very short, broad spur. Coxae with an overlapping spur on at 6. Scutum elongate, 1.25 longer than wide, ..H. BEQUAERTI Figures 134 and 135 ....6 .H. LEACHII LEACHII Figures 146, 147, and 149 Scutum shorter, length and width approx- - 343 ...H. LEACHII MUHSAMI Figures 152 and 153 HAEMAPHYSALIS ACICULIFER Warburton, 1913. (Figures 128 to 131) THE SHARP SPURRED HADMAPHYSALID 1 Torit Torit LN ẹ ở 1 EQUATORIA PROVINCE RECORDS Lotti Forest Praomys tullbergi sudanensis Apr Alcelaphus buselaphus Apr Lotti Forest is at 4500 feet elevation and Nagichot is at 6500 feet elevation. Weber's (1948) report is the only previous one of this species from the Sudan. DISTRIBUTION IN THE SUDAN Bahr El Ghazal: All from tiang, Damaliscus korrigum tiang, 1953. H 10, 200, 15 miles north of Tonj, March, E. T. M. Reid legit (with adults of Amblyomma variegatum). 408, 709, Galual Nyang Forest, July, N. A. Hancock legit. Material in HH collection. DISTRIBUTION H. aciculifer ranges across Africa in scattered highlands and forests from Bahr El Ghazal Province south to Mozambique. It has been transported on cattle to the Union of South Africa, where it has become established locally (Theiler 1945C). WEST AFRICA: NIGERIA (Unsworth 1949,1952. Gambles 1951). GOLD COAST (Simpson 1914. Nuttall and Warburton 1915). |