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Fishes of the Sak River, South Africa: with comments on the nomenclature of the smallmouth yellowfish, Barbus aeneus (Burchell, 1822)

- Hocutt, Charles H, Skelton, Paul H (Paul Harvey), J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology

Authors: Hocutt, Charles H , Skelton, Paul H (Paul Harvey) , J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology
Date: 1983-12
Subjects: Fishes -- South Africa -- Sak River , Fishes -- South Africa -- Nomenclature , Barbus aeneus
Language: English
Type: text , book
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/70039 , vital:29609 , Margaret Smith Library (South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB)) Periodicals Margaret Smith Library (South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB))
Description: Online version of original print edition of the Special Publication of the J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology; No. 32 , Fishes were collected from 30 localities in the Sak River system, South Africa. Six species are known from the drainage, including two exotics. New distributional data were collected for Barbus aeneus, Barbus anoplus and Labeo umbratus. Additionally, the exotics Cyprinus carpio and Carassius auratus were added to the ichthyofauna known from the drainage. An annotated list of species either collected or historically known from the drainage is presented. Barbus aeneus (Burchell, 1822) is recognized as the valid name for the smallmouth yellowfish and a senior synonym of Barbus holubi Steindachner, 1894.
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Records of fishes of the family Triacanthodidae (Tetraodontiformes) from the western Indian Ocean off East Africa

- Tyler, James C, 1935-, J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology

Authors: Tyler, James C, 1935- , J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology
Date: 1983-12
Subjects: Fishes -- Indian Ocean , Tetraodontiformes
Language: English
Type: text , book
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/70027 , vital:29608 , Margaret Smith Library (South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB)) Periodicals Margaret Smith Library (South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB))
Description: Online version of original print edition of the Special Publication of the J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology; No. 31 , Reports of triacanthodid fishes from the Indian Ocean published since the revision of the family by Tyler (.1968) are reviewed, and new records are added from off the east coast of Africa. These new records are based mostly on specimens recently collected by the R/V Fridtjof Nansen off Kenya (including new western Indian Ocean records of Halimochirurgus alcocki and of Bathyphylax bombifrons), as well as on some older materials from the J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology and the South African Museum. Eight species of triacanthodids known from off east Africa are discussed briefly, with special attention given to Bathyphylax bombifrons and B. omen, previously known only from holotypes, for which additional specimens are now available. Seven species are illustrated with photographs.
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Clinus spatulatus, a new species of clinid fish (Perciformes: Blennoidei) from South Africa: with a modified definition of the genus Clinus

- Bennett, B A, J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology

Authors: Bennett, B A , J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology
Date: 1983-11
Subjects: Fishes -- South Africa -- Classification , Blenniidae -- South Africa
Language: English
Type: text , book
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/70002 , vital:29606 , Margaret Smith Library (South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB)) Periodicals Margaret Smith Library (South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB))
Description: Online version of original print edition of the Special Publication of the J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology; No. 29 , Clinus spatulatus sp. n. is described from 50 specimens collected from an estuary in the southwestern Cape Province, South Africa. The presence of supraorbital tentacles or papillae distinguishes Clinus and Gynutoclinus from other South African genera of the subtribe Clinidi. The new species has simple supraorbital tentacles, an intermediate condition between the well-developed, at least bifid tentacles of Clinus and the simple supraorbital papillae of Gynutoclinus. For this reason Penrith's (1969) diagnosis of Clinus is modified to include the new species as well as the monospecific Gynutoclinus thereby incorporating all South African species with supraorbital papillae or tentacles.
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Opistognathus margaretae, a new species of jawfish (Perciformes: Opistognathidae) from the Indian Ocean, with notes on O. nigromarginatus Rüppel and O. muscatensis Boulenger

- Smith-Vaniz, William F, J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology

Authors: Smith-Vaniz, William F , J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology
Date: 1983-11
Subjects: Fishes -- Indian Ocean -- Classification , Perciformes
Language: English
Type: text , book
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/70013 , vital:29607 , Margaret Smith Library (South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB)) Periodicals Margaret Smith Library (South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB))
Description: Online version of original print edition of the Special Publication of the J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology; No. 30 , A new species of jawfish, Opistognathus margaretae, is described from six specimens from the coasts of Kenya, Mozambique, South Africa and Madagascar. Diagnoses, synonymies and illustrations are given for O. nigromarginatus and O, muscatensis, and a key to the three species of jawfishes from southern Africa is presented.
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A new species of the fish genus Pontinus (Scorpaeniformes: Scorpaenidae) from off Natal, South Africa

- Eschmeyer, William N, J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology

Authors: Eschmeyer, William N , J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology
Date: 1983-05
Subjects: Fishes -- South Africa , Scorpionfishes -- South Africa
Language: English
Type: text , book
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/69991 , vital:29605 , Margaret Smith Library (South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB)) Periodicals Margaret Smith Library (South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB))
Description: Online version of original print edition of the Special Publication of the J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology; No. 28 , Pontinus nigerimum is described as a new species, the first of this genus from the Indian Ocean. This species is known only from one specimen collected off Natal in 146 m . It is characterized by having a black band encircling the base of the long supraocular tentacles.
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Date Issued: 1983-05

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"Burnout" in children's home houseparents

- Bath, Peter John

Authors: Bath, Peter John
Date: 1983
Subjects: Uncatalogued
Language: English
Type: Master's theses , text
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/193118 , vital:45300
Description: Aimed at replicating the results of an American study into "Burnout" in Group Home houseparents, this research had the following aims: 1) To ascertain the validity and reliability of the instrument used in the original study and presented as a "useful measure of burnout”. 2) To establish whether this line of research, within a highly problematic research field, can at present offer any guidelines in the resolution of the current staffing crisis faced by South African children's homes. 3} To describe more closely the burnout syndrome. 4) To study possible etiological factors within a local context. Sixty three houseparents completed questionaires and three independent measures of burnout were obtained. The results were regarded as having failed to replicate those of the original study. The reason for this was found to be the low validity of the original instrument. The main conclusion drawn was that the line of research adopted in the original study can offer only very tentative guidelines towards the resolution of the staffing crisis faced until such time as valid and reliable instruments to measure burnout have been developed. Many of the suggested relationships between situational variables and ones of personal characteristics were confirmed for the local population of houseparents. , Thesis (MSocSci) -- Faculty of Humanities, Psychology, 1983
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A history

- Berold, Robert

Authors: Berold, Robert
Date: 1983
Subjects: To be catalogued
Language: English
Type: text , article
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/459424 , vital:75830 , https://journals.co.za/doi/epdf/10.10520/AJA00284459_394
Description: New Coin is one of South Africa's most established and influential poetry journals. It publishes poetry, and poetry-related reviews, commentary and interviews. New Coin places a particular emphasis on evolving forms and experimental use of the English language in poetry in the South African context. In this sense it has traced the most exciting trends and currents in contemporary poetry in South Africa for a decade of more. The journal is published twice a year in June and December by the Institute for the Study of English in Africa (ISEA), Rhodes University.
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A phenomenological investigation of the experience of "connected breathing"

- Van Wyk, Edmund

Authors: Van Wyk, Edmund
Date: 1983
Language: English
Type: Thesis , Masters , MA
Identifier: vital:21110 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/6439
Description: My interest in "Connected Breathing" began with my own experience of this technique during a Gestalt workshop. It had a profound impact on me. I knew practically nothing about the theory, or lack of a theory, but my interest had been aroused. In my reading on the subject later, I was struck by the incongruence between my experience and what I read I was supposed to be experiencing. This led me "zu der Sache selbst." By using the phenomenological method, this study then is an attempt to come to an essential description of the experience of "Connected Breathing" and to make some evaluation of its usefulness as a psychotherapeutic technique. "Connected Breathing" is the main technique of the “Rebirthing”movement. It is, therefore, necessary to give some account of the development and theory, if any, of this movement. "Rebirthing" does not claim to be a psychotherapy. However, its technique of "Connected Breathing" does seem to have much in common with the techniques used by various established somatic psychotherapies. A brief overview of the development of some of these psychotherapies and their emphasis on breathing techniques is, therefore, also essential.
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A price analysis of vegetables on the East London municipal market

- Fraser, Gavin Cecil Gilbert

Authors: Fraser, Gavin Cecil Gilbert
Date: 1983
Subjects: Agricultural prices -- South Africa
Language: English
Type: Thesis , Masters , MCom
Identifier: vital:1055 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1006970 , Agricultural prices -- South Africa
Description: [Introduction] Much of the information available on the prices of vegetables marketed through the fresh produce markets is of limited use to producers. This information contains the actual prices for individual years. This can obviously be taken as a guide to future prices but it does not necessarily mean that those prices are a true reflection of the general pattern. In this study an attempt will be made, firstly, to establish whether a general pattern exists in the prices of selected vegetables on the East London municipal market. This will be attempted by studying the prices obtained over the 1964-1979 period. Information of this nature can be used as a basis for the planning of future crops. Secondly, to determine the months which obtain the "best" prices for the selected vegetables taking into account the quantities supplied to the market.
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A study in local history: Grahamstown, 1883-1904

- Sellick, Rose-Mary

Authors: Sellick, Rose-Mary
Date: 1983
Subjects: Grahamstown (South Africa) -- History
Language: English
Type: Thesis , Masters , MA
Identifier: vital:2556 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002409 , Grahamstown (South Africa) -- History
Description: [From the Preface]: A Study in Local History: Grahamstown 1883-1904 aims to draw into a coherent picture the threads of political attitudes, approaches to racial issues and changes confronting the late Victorians in Grahamstown, particularly in the areas of sanitation, public health and shifting commercial frontiers. The relation of local development to national affairs has been investigated, although attempts to define exactly how the former influenced the latter, and vice versa, would involve one in the proverbial chicken-and-egg syndrome. Let it suffice to say that an understanding of events in the microcosm, or locality, lends clarity to the cross-current of affairs at the national level. It begins at the point where Grahamstown's commercial importance in the Eastern Cape declines after a flourish of hopes in the prospects of the Port Alfred harbour as a means of bringing trade back to Grahamstown. The study concludes when the foundation of Rhodes University College in 1904, provides a new centre of development for the city.
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A taxonomic study of the fish genus Petrotilapia (Pisces: Cichlidae) from Lake Malawi

- Marsh, A C

Authors: Marsh, A C
Date: 1983
Subjects: Petrotilapia -- Nyasa, Lake -- Classification , Fishes -- Nyasa, Lake -- Classification
Language: English
Type: Text
Identifier: vital:15012 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1019745 , Ichthyological Bulletin of the J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology; No. 48
Description: The type-species of the cichlid fish genus Petrotilapia Trewavas 1935, P. tridentiger, is redescribed and two new species, P. genalutea and P. nigra, are described. These three species occur sympatrically at Monkey Bay. Morphological differences between the three species are slight and of little diagnostic value. Live coloration is the most important taxonomic character and can be used reliably to identify adults of the three species. Field observations of live fishes are shown to be of paramount importance in taxonomic studies of the genus Petrotilapia. , Rhodes University Libraries (Digitisation)
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A victimological study among Coloureds in the Cape Peninsula

- Strijdom, Hendrik Gert

Authors: Strijdom, Hendrik Gert
Date: 1983
Subjects: Victims of crimes -- South Africa -- Western Cape Colored people (South Africa) -- Social conditions
Language: English
Type: Thesis , Doctoral , PhD
Identifier: vital:3342 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1004582
Description: From Introduction: Criminology developed as a reaction to the various revolutions that were occurring in the European countries during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. In response to the turmoil and disorder of Western society criminologists attempted to discover the natural laws of society hoping to establish a stable social order. Crime was regarded as something that disturbed society and, therefore, had to be controlled or prevented. According to Quinney and Wildeman (1977) the development of criminology can be viewed as an ongoing attempt to explain crime in terms of established social order. They state that in the history of criminology there is, however, a lack of a clear accumulative theoretical growth and continue as follows: "No line of theoretical development can be found that leads to a well-developed body of knowledge. The study of crime is characterized by a number of divergent theoretical perspectives that exist in relative isolation from one another" (p. 38). Quinney and Wildeman (1977) distinguish five theoretical perspectives in the development of criminology namely: (I) early and classical criminological thought, (2) nineteenth-century sociological criminology, (3) nineteenth-century biological criminology, (4) twentieth-century eclectic criminology, and (5) twentieth-century sociological criminology.
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African middle class elite

- Nyquist, Thomas E

Authors: Nyquist, Thomas E
Date: 1983
Subjects: Black people -- South Africa -- Grahamstown Grahamstown (South Africa) -- History Grahamstown (South Africa) -- Social conditions Social classes -- South Africa -- Grahamstown Black people -- South Africa -- Social conditions Black people -- South Africa -- Grahamstown -- Social conditions Grahamstown African Rugby Union Middle class -- South Africa
Language: English
Type: Book , Text
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/2780 , vital:20325 , ISBN 0868100412
Description: In this time of crucial change for all of Southern Africa - as the former colonies of Portugal struggle to become viable states, as Rhodesia totters on the brink of political change, and as South Africa girds itself for an uncertain future - the question is: “What of the potential African leaders in South Africa?” We hear of the Bantustans and their thrust forward, but what of those Africans of ability living in the urban areas whose counterparts have provided much of the leadership in other African countries? Who are they? What are their circumstances? What are they thinking? And what are they doing? The goal of this study is to suggest tentative answers through the careful and detailed study of a specific community and its potential leaders, the upper stratum. Such answers can only be approximate, of course. Community circumstances differ. Moreover, the explosive events in Soweto and elsewhere in South Africa during 1976 have altered reality, and our study was carried out during 1966-7 and 1975. The locus of research has been Grahamstown and, most particularly, the African community attached to it (see Maps 1 and 2). Situated in the eastern region of the Cape Province, Grahamstown is a city of regional importance, best known as the centre of the first large English settlement1. Arguments about its suitability for research of this nature are detailed in Appendix A, but from the researcher’s perspective its African population of 35 000+ gives it more than local significance while still being small enough to allow a thorough study. In addition, the community’s depth of contact with Europeans going back to the 1830’s, and the general importance of Grahamstown as an educational centre, imply a more sophisticated population than its size might otherwise indicate. Further, the community's nearness to the African Bantustan of the Ciskei, one of nine such “homelands” for Africans, and to the African university at Fort Hare, add to its significance. The primary group under study has been the upper stratum of the African community, as defined by the Africans themselves. From the research has evolved a series of propositions. They relate, first, to the composition of the African upper stratum and the role of its members in their own community, and, second, to the way in which their marginal position within South Africa contributes to particular attitudes and social behaviour often detrimental to the achievement of a better community. (For a discussion of the research techniques used, see Appendix B.) , Digitised by Rhodes University Library on behalf of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER)
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Al/Cr ratios of coexisting pyroxenes and spinellids in some ultramafic rocks

- Eales, Hugh V, Marsh, Julian S

Authors: Eales, Hugh V , Marsh, Julian S
Date: 1983
Language: English
Type: text , article
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/133534 , vital:36987 , https://doi.org/10.1016/0009-2541(83)90045-1
Description: Al/Cr atomic ratios of coexisting spinellids and ortho- and clinopyroxenes show a pattern of sympathetic variation that persists through ultramafic rocks of layered mafic complexes of upper-crustal type, Alpine complexes, and the nodules found in kimberlites and alkaline basalts. Simple expressions are empirically derived to link (Al/Cr) orthopyroxene and (Al/Cr)spinel ratios in putatively equilibrated rocks. Equivalence of spinel compositions in shallow layered complexes and kimberlite nodules of deep-seated origin negates direct crystallochemical control of Al/Cr ratios of spinels by pressure.
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Alcoholic adaptation : a preliminary investigation of the transactional analysis viewpoint, with application to delta and gamma alcoholics

- Cohen, L Derek

Authors: Cohen, L Derek
Date: 1983
Subjects: Alcoholism Alcoholism -- Case studies
Language: English
Type: Thesis , Masters , MSocSc
Identifier: vital:3193 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1008559
Description: Two delta and two gamma alcoholics were assessed by case study according to the theoretical formulations of Transactional Analysis. Scripts and Games were elicited through the Thematic Apperception Test, Laddering Procedure, and Life History. Analyses demonstrated, firstly, that parallels were present between the parent-child relationship and present adult transactions; secondly, that needs, fears, and control mechanisms were traceable to early parental injunctions; thirdly, that among these subjects, delta alcoholics tend to play the alcoholic game "Lush", and gamma alcoholics tend to play the alcoholic game "Drunk and Proud". It was concluded that the script and existential position appear to play an important role in the maintenance of the drinking pattern. Alcoholic Loss of Control appears to be influenced by the degree to which aggression is suppressed.
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An assessment of employment opportunities created by the Keiskamma Irrigation Scheme

- Nightingale, Fiona Mary

Authors: Nightingale, Fiona Mary
Date: 1983
Subjects: Economic development projects -- South Africa --Ciskei , Job creation -- South Africa -- Ciskei , Irrigation -- South Africa -- Ciskei , Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- South Africa -- Ciskei , Black people -- Employment -- South Africa -- Ciskei
Language: English
Type: Thesis , Masters , MA
Identifier: vital:4862 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1006912 , Economic development projects -- South Africa --Ciskei , Job creation -- South Africa -- Ciskei , Irrigation -- South Africa -- Ciskei , Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- South Africa -- Ciskei , Black people -- Employment -- South Africa -- Ciskei
Description: Preface: "The need for development as observed today is a problem peculiar to the 20th century. The current situation is characterised by the fact that there are no more empty places on the earth, while our use of dwindling resources is curbed by environmental constraint." (Mouly and Costa, 1974, 155). The need for development is not equally felt by all nations as disparities in income and standards of living on a national basis have dissected the world into developed and underdeveloped countries. Disparities also exist within nations. These divisions are not simply determined nor are the terms related to development clearly defined - a matter that will be discussed in Chapter Two. Impetus to developing underdeveloped countries may be provided by various means, such as a general injection of capital or by more specific development projects. The purpose of these projects is to initiate changes that are intended to promote rapid development of an area. An interest has been shown by Geographers in the ability of these projects to stimulate economic growth in surrounding areas (Silberfein, 1976). The resulting success of development projects is closely related, if not determined, in large measure, by the aims. In view of the need for the aims of development projects to be successfully fulfilled, research into what constitute constructive developmental aims would be beneficial. Previous studies have revealed problems encountered with conflicting aims and objectives (Mountjoy, 1971); poorly defined aims (de Wilde, 1967); and inadequate groundwork prior to initiating the project (Berry, 1976). It is the intention of the study to examine the impact made by a development project in an underdeveloped area, and thereby assess the extent to which the development aims have been carried out. In order to carry out an examination of a development project in an underdeveloped area, an area in need of development had to be selected; a project within the area chosen for study; and the particular aim of the project examined. The Ciskei, a Homeland in South Africa, was chosen as a suitable area for study. A number of factors contribute towards it being an area in need of development, particularly as the Ciskei is a small country and dependent on South Africa, which is explained in the overview of the Ciskei in Chapter One. Three characteristics of underdevelopment noted by Seers (1972) are poverty, inequality and underemployment. Of these three factors it was decided to focus on unemployment as the indication of the extent to which development has taken place. The reduction of unemployment was one of the aims of the Keiskammahoek Irrigation Scheme, the project chosen for study. The overview concludes with a presentation of the Keiskamma Irrigation Scheme.
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An ecological study of the ixodid tick rhipicephalus glabroscutatum (Du Toit, 1941)

- Macivor, Keith Malcolm de Falloux

Authors: Macivor, Keith Malcolm de Falloux
Date: 1983
Subjects: Ticks -- Control -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape Parasites -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape Rhipicephalus -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape Angora goat -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape Larvae -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
Language: English
Type: Thesis , Masters , MSc
Identifier: vital:5602 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002052
Description: An intensive study was conducted on the free-living larvae and parasitic life stages of R.glabroscutatum on Angora and Boer goats in the Uitenhage district. Free-living larvae exhibited periods of maximum relative abundance during months of generally lower rainfall, from the end of autumn to the beginning of spring. Relative larval abundance in open and gully sites was low while larvae were rarely found in bush sites. Relative abundance was higher at 20h00 than at 08h00 and 14h00. Repeated sampling in the same areas did not reduce larval numbers. Over 99% of parasitic ticks removed from Angora and Boer goats were located on the feet. The annual occurrence of a low and variable number of parasitic immatures was synchronous with the occurrence of free-living larvae. High, less variable numbers of adult ticks were removed from goat feet from September to December, the highest numbers being recorded during October and November. The occurrence of a single period of parasitic adult abundance annually indicated a life cycle with 1 generation per anum. There were higher numbers of adult ticks on the feet of the Angora goats than on the Boer goats. Adult numbers were higher on the hind feet of both breeds of goats than on the front feet. R.glabroscutatum adults seem to be implicated in the aetiology of foot abscesses since more infections were observed in Angora goats than in Boer goats and on the hind feet rather than the front feet within both goat groups. In addition R.glabroscutatum adults attached at interdigital sites where abscesses also originated and reached highest numbers in October and November when abscesses were most frequently observed. A review of distribution and host records indicated that R.glabroscutatum was limited in its distribution to the eastern Cape Province, being primarily located in South Africa's major mohair producing areas. R.glabroscutatum was classed an obligative xerophile on the basis of its recorded occurrence in non coastal areas with a low annual rainfall and Karoo and Karroid Bush vegetation. Host records for R.glabroscutatum included 10 species of wild ungulate, sheep, goats and cattle. The common site of occurrence on small stock and on small to medium sized wild animals appeared to be the legs and feet.
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