Ornithodoros salahi sp. nov. (Ixodoidea, Argasidae) from the Cairo Citadel, with Notes on O. piriformis Warburton, 1918 and O. batuensis Hirst, 1929

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O. salahi is descr. in both sexes and the immature stages from specimens collected on the Egyptian fruit bat, Rousettus egyptiacus, and in resting places of this bat in the Citadel and nearby areas in Cairo, Egypt. Other bats are rarely infected with larvae, and then apparently only when roosting near the fruit bat. Nymphs and adults commonly attack man venturing into their retreats below resting bats. What appears to be a middey movement, from resting places on or near the ground, to bats on ceilings is noted. Brief histopathological features of the bites on bats'' wing membranes are mentioned. New morph. data for Q. batuensis and O. piriformis. and the relations of O. salahi to these and to a still unnamed sp. of the Philippines, are discussed. The phenomenon of female "brooding" over an egg batch is illus. No coxal fluid or spirochetes have been observed in this rapidly feeding new sp.
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