Contribution to the knowledge of Ixodidae ticks of wild mammals of Somalia.

ABSTRACT

This study was based on material collected in 1983-1984 from wild mammals of the Middle Scebeli. Low Scebeli and Bay Regions of Somalia. A total of 292 specimens (156 males, 65 females, 70 nymphase, 1 larva) from 13 host species were examined. The following species of ixodidae were identified. Amblyomma variegatum (Fabricius, 1794); Haemaphysalis calcarata Neumann, 1902; Haemaphysalis spinulosa Neumann, 1906; Rhipicephalus armatus Pocock, 1900; Rhipicephalus pravus Donitz, 1910; Rhipicephalus pulchellus Gerastcker, 1873; Rhipicephalus sanguineus (Latreille, 1806); Rhipicephalus simus Koch, 1844. H. spinulosa was found throughout the majority of host species (10 mammalian species).