Alectorobius antiquus

Familia: Argasidae
Subfamilia: Ornithodorinae
Genus: Alectorobius
Species: †Alectorobius antiquus

†Alectorobius antiquus Poinar, 1995

Type locality: La Toca mine, Cordillera Septentrional mountain range, Dominican Republic.

Typus: In private collection of Jim Work, Ashland, Oregon, USA. Note: Type host: found in two pieces of amber.

• Ornithodoros antiquus Poinar, 1995: (Original combination)

• Alectorobius antiquus (Poinar, 1995); Mans et al., 2021: Appendix 1. Comb. nov.

• Poinar, G.O., Jr. 1995. First fossil soft ticks, Ornithodoros antiquus n. sp. (Acari: Argasidae) in Dominican amber with evidence of their mammalian host. Experientia Basel 51(4): 384–387, figs. 1-5. DOI: 10.1007/BF01928900 Reference page. 
• Mans, B.J., Kelavad, S., Pienaara, R., Featherstone, J., Castro, M.H. de, Quetglas, J., Reeves, W.K., Durden, L.A., Miller, M.M., Laverty, T.M., Shao, R., Takano, A., Kawabata, H., Moustafa, M.A.M., Nakao, R., Matsuno, K., Greay, T.L., Evasco, K.L., Barker, D., Barker, S.C. 2021. Nuclear (18S-28S rRNA) and mitochondrial genome markers of Carios (Carios) vespertilionis (Argasidae) support Carios Latreille, 1796 as a lineage embedded in the Ornithodorinae: re-classification of the Carios sensu Klompen and Oliver (1993) clade into its respective subgenera. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases 12: 101688. DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2021.101688 Reference page. 

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