NAMES HEREIN CHANCED, SYNONYMVZED OR PROPOSED *AMBLY OMMA WERNERI WERNERI Schulze, 1932 (A) is synonymized under A. nuttalli Dönitz, 1909. *APONOMMA HALLI Tendeiro, 1950, is synonymized under A. exornatum (Koch, 1874). BOOPHILUS CONGOIENSIS Minning, 1934, is synonymized under B. annu latus (Koch, 1844). HAEMAPHYSALIS TEACHII HUMEROSODES, a subspecies tentatively sug gested by Theiler (1943B), is an elongate form of H. leachii leachii, so far as now demonstrable. HAEMAPHYSALIS MUHSAMI Santos Dias, 1954 (E), is a subspecies of H. Teachii. ***HYALOMMA SCUPENSE Schulze, 1919, appears from Soviet works to have distinct biological characteristics and minor morphological characteristics intergrading with H. detritum; it is therefore indicated as a form of yet unknown taxonomic status. HYALOMMA IMPETTATUM Schulze and Schlottke, 1930, is considered to have priority over H. brumpti Delpy, 1946. H. erythraeum Tonelli Rondelli, 1932, is also considered to be a synonym of H. impeltatum. HYALOMMA MARGINATUM Koch, 1844, is said by Pomerantzev (1950) to be a synonym of H. plumbeum (Panzer, 1795). This matter should *The fact that these names have been modified or are considered synonyms has been mentioned in the preliminary publication on Sudan ticks (Hoogstraal 1954B), but the reasons for these changes are pre sented only in the present report. **Non Sudanese species. HYALOMMA LEWISI Schulze, 1936, is a synonym of H. trimcatum, not of H. excavatum as stated by Delpy (1949B). **HYALOMMA AEGYPTIUM PUNCTATA Schulze, 1919, is considered as a synonym of H. aegyptium. **HYALOMMA ALBIPARMATUM Schulze and Schlottke, 1930, is raised from the status of a synonym of H. marginatum (= H. savignyi) (Delpy 1949B) and of H. truncatum (Feldman_Muhs am 1954) to full species rank; H. impressum brunneiparmatum S. and S., 1930, is considered as a synonym of H. albi parmatum, not of H. truncatum as stated by Feldman Muhs am (1954). **HYALOMMA HUSSAINI Sharif, 1928, is treated as a valid species (not a synonym of H. excavatum - cf. Delpy, 1949B) and most probably the proper type species of the subgenus Hyalommina, the previously designated type species of which (H. rhipicephaloides Neumann, 1901) is no more than a misformed H. excavatum. **HYALOMMA TURANICUM Pomerantzev, 1946, is raised to full species rank and considered to be the same as H. rufipes glabrum HYALOMMINA (Subgenus): See H. hussaini above. MARGAROPUS REIDI SP. NOV. is described from males, females, and nymphs. *RHIPICEPHALUS CUSPIDATUS Neumann, 1906, is shown to be actually different Trom the tick described and illustrated under this name by Zumpt (1950A) in his review of this genus. RHIPICEPHALUS PSEUDOLONGUS Santos Dias, 1953(D) is a synonym of R. Tongus Neumann, 1907. *The fact that these names have been modified or are considered synonyms has been mentioned in the preliminary publication on Sudan ticks (Hoogstraal 1954B), but the reasons for these changes are presented only in the present report. **Non Sudanese species. Figures 4 and 5, o, dorsal and ventral views KEY MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERS HYPOTHETICAL OF and q ticks, FAMILY XO DDAE (Characters used in keys in this report, except for self-explanatory terms, such as "caudal appendage" of certain Boophilus males. Additional characters used in fuller descriptions of individual species are explained where they first occur). PLATE IV - 38. Body periphery undifferentiated; ORNITHODOROS B. Dorsum completely covered by scutum (06) Figures 4 to 7, 64 to 316 *Characters in this key do not necessarily apply to species within the same genera from areas outside of the Sudan. Two other genera, Otobius (Argasidae) and Rhipicentor (Ixodidae), occur in the Ethiopian Faunal Region outside of the Sudan and are not listed in this key. A few other genera occur in other faunal regions. Another family, Nuttalliellidae, is known only from Southwest Africa, **The peripheral differentiation of A. boueti and A. confusus is only slight and these species lack a lateral suture. |